Married Women's Property Act, 1874
9. Husband not liable for wife's antenuptial debts
A husband married after the thirty-first day
of December, 1865 shall not by reason only of such marriage be liable to the
debts of his wife contracted before marriage, but the wife shall be liable to
be sued for, and shall, to the extent of her separate property, be liable to
satisfy such debts as if she had continued unmarried:
Proviso .- Provided
that nothing contained in this section shall 10[***] invalidate any contract
into which a husband may, before the passing of this Act, have entered in
consideration of his wife's antenuptial debts.