Married Women's Property Act 1874

The Proposer can appoint :

• A person as a trustee
• Two or more persons as trustees
• A corporate trustee, such as bank transacting trustee business

I a trustee is not appointed or not existing, official Trustees will be appointed by a competent Government Authority.

The beneficiaries of a life insurance policy affected by the MWP Act can be:

• The wife alone
• One or more children or
• The wife and one or more children jointly

Insurance under the MWP Act is free from

• Court attachments
• Tax attachments and
• Creditors

The policy cannot be amended or surrendered