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Bankruptcy Act 1924
Postponement of husband’s and wife’s claPostponement of husband’s and wife’s claims.
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### Postponement of husband’s and wife’s claims.
E.B.A., s. 36.
85.—(1.) Any money or other estate of the wife of a bankrupt lent or intrusted by her to him shall be treated as assets of his estate, and the wife shall not be entitled to claim any dividend as a creditor in respect of any such money or other estate until all claims of his other creditors for valuable consideration in money or money’s worth have been satisfied.
(2.) Where the bankrupt is a married woman her husband shall not be entitled to claim any dividend as a creditor in respect of any money or other estate lent or intrusted by him to her until all claims of her other creditors or valuable consideration in money or money’s worth have been satisfied.