Married Women's Status Act 1957.

The Act disciplines the status of married women and the liabilities of husbands. The Act establishes that a married woman shall: a) be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing (by will or otherwise) of, any property, and (b) be capable of contracting, and (c) be capable of rendering herself, and being rendered, liable in respect of any tort, contract, debt or obligation, and (d) be capable of suing and being sued, and (e) be subject to the law relating to bankruptcy and to the enforcement of judgments and orders, as if she were unmarried.
Furthermore the Act regulates property rights of married women and establishes that a husband and wife shall, for all purposes of acquisition of any property, under a disposition made or coming into operation after the commencement of this Act, be treated as two persons.