The Short Title of this Act is “The Licensing Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1889.” It shall be read subject to the interpretation of “The Licensing Act, 1881” (herein referred to as “the said Act”).

Every transfer heretofore made by any Licensing Committee of any license (except a packet license, a wholesale license, or a conditional license) from or to any married woman shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the said Act, be and the same is hereby declared to be as valid and effectual as if the married woman from or to whom such transfer was made had been a feme sole at the time of such transfer being made.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Act, every married woman who is at present the holder of a license (except a packet license, a wholesale license, or a conditional license) shall, until the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, be deemed to be a feme sole for the purpose of holding such license, and a valid and effectual transfer of the license held by any such married woman may be made at any time before the said thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, under the provisions of the said Act, and such transfer shall confer upon the transferee all the privileges and impose upon him all the duties, obligations, and liabilities of a licensed person.

In every case in which a wife has obtained an order under the provisions of “The Married Women’s Property Protection Act, 1880,” she shall, until the same shall be reversed or discharged, be considered as a feme sole for the purpose of holding any license under the authority of the said Act.

Upon the reversal or discharge of an order under the provisions of “The Married Women’s Property Protection Act, 1880,” a wife shall be considered as a feme sole for the purpose of transferring any license held by her under the authority of the said Act.

No married woman save as aforesaid shall hold a license under the authority of the said Act.