11. A person whose name is changed may, under his new name, claim and possess all the rights, benefits, advantages and titles to which he would have been entitled without such change; and all contracts, agreements, covenants, deeds, certificates, insurance policies, diplomas, degrees, permits, licences, inscriptions, registrations, appointments and powers acquired or entered into by him or inuring to his benefit under either name shall be deemed to have been obtained under the new name.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 77, s. 11.