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Section 27 — “Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant”

As in force on 30 March 1987.

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  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
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27.“Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant”

When property is in the possession of a person’s wife, clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person’s possession within the meaning of this Code.

Explanation.—A person employed temporarily or on a particular occasion in the capacity of a clerk or servant is a clerk or servant within the meaning of this section.