Bill No. 19
Marriage And Divorce Bill
2009
(2) An agreement may be set aside by the court for lack of full
disclosure of assets by a party to the agreement.
(3) The court may set aside or modify an agreement on the
ground of unconscionability where it is satisfied that the purpose and
effect of the agreement is contrary to conscience or that the agreement
exploits the unequal bargaining position of a spouse.
123. Capacity to acquire separate property
(1) A spouse in any form of marriage recognized under this Act
shall have the capacity to acquire his or her own separate property
during the subsistence of the marriage.
(2) Separate property shall not be taken into account for the
purpose of the distribution of matrimonial property under this Act,
unless there is an agreement to the contrary.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply where the spouse proves that
he or she made a contribution to the acquisition or maintenance of the
separate property.
(4) Separate property includes—
(a) independently acquired property and the proceeds and
profits from the that property;
(b) property acquired before marriage or property acquired by
bequest, devise, inheritance or gift from a person other than
the spouse;
(c) property that was acquired by gift or inheritance from a
third party after the date of the marriage;
(d) income from property referred to in paragraph (c) where the
giver or testator has expressly stated that it is to be excluded
from the spouse’s matrimonial property;
(e) damages for personal injuries, nervous shock, mental
distress or loss of guidance, care and companionship, or the
part of a settlement that represents those damages;
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