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Married Women's Property Act 1935
4Fraudulent investments with, or disposal of, money of husband may be followed
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### 4 Fraudulent investments with, or disposal of, money of husband may be followed
> > (1) [*\[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 74 of 1999, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jan 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-01-01/act-1999-074#JS2@Ja35@GC1@EN) If any investment in any Commonwealth or State securities or in any deposit in any authorised deposit-taking institution, or in any share or debenture of any corporation, company, or public body, municipal, commercial, or otherwise, or in any share, debenture, benefit, right, or claim whatsoever in, to, or upon the funds of any industrial, provident, friendly, benefit, building, or loan society, shall have been made by a married woman by means of moneys of her husband, without his consent, the court may, upon an application under this Act, order such investment, and the dividends thereof, or any part thereof, to be transferred and paid respectively to the husband.
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> > (2) Nothing in this Act shall give validity as against creditors of the husband to any gift, by a husband to his wife, of any property, which, after such gift, shall continue to be in the order and disposition or reputed ownership of the husband, or to any deposit or other investment of moneys of the husband made by or in the name of his wife in fraud of his creditors; but any moneys so deposited or invested may be followed as if this Act had not passed.