Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife
52. Abolition of married woman’s dependent domicile
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Subject to subsection (2), the domicile of a married woman —
married woman
“married woman” means a woman validly married under any law, religion, custom or usage;
is to be ascertained in the same way as the domicile of any other individual capable of having an independent domicile; and
must not be taken to be the same as her husband’s just because they are married.
If a married woman had her husband’s domicile by dependence immediately before 1 June 1981, she retains that domicile (as a domicile of choice, if it is not also her domicile of origin) unless it is changed by the acquisition or revival of another domicile on or after that date.