ENACTMENT NO 17 OF 2003 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (STATE OF JOHORE) ENACTMENT 2003
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS Legitimacy
Section 116. Presumption from acknowledgment rebuttable
The presumption of paternity arising from acknowledgment may only be rebutted by -
(a) disclaimer on the part of the person acknowledged;
(b) proof of such proximity of age, or seniority of the acknowledgee, as would render the alleged relationship physically impossible;
(c) proof that the acknowledgee is in fact the child of some other person; or
(d) proof that the mother of the acknowledgee could not possibly have been the lawful wife of the acknowledgor at the time when the acknowledgee could have been conceived.