Section 116. Presumption form acknowledgment rebuttable. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 2004

ENACTMENT NO. 8 OF 2004
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 2004

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
Legitimacy

Section 116. Presumption form acknowledgment rebuttable.

The presumption of paternity arising from acknowledgment may only be rebutted by-

(a)

disclaimer on the part of the person acknowledged;

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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 acknowledge or at the time when the acknowledgee could have been conceived.