Section 39, The Bankruptcy Act, 2009

(1) Where a married woman is adjudged bankrupt, sheshall not be entitled to claim any dividend as a creditor in respect of any money or other estate on loan or entrusted by the husband to her until all claims of the other creditors of his wife for valuable consideration in money or money’s worth have been satisfied. (2) Where a married man has been adjudged bankrupt, any money or other estate of his wife lent or entrusted by her to him shall be treated as assets of his estate, and the wife shall not be entitled to claim any dividend as a creditor in respect of such money or other estate until all claims of the other creditors of the debtor for valuable consideration in money or money’s worth have been satisfied. (3) In this section “married woman” and “wife” include women married under any enactment in force in any part of Sierra Leone relating to marriage Property available for payment of debts