ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 2002 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS Legitimacy
Section 115. Conditions for valid acknowledgment.
Where a man acknowledges another, either expressly or impliedly, as his lawful child, the paternity of the child shall be established in the man if the following conditions are fulfilled, that is to say—
(a) paternity of the child is not established in any one else;
(b) ages of the man and the child are such that filial relationship is possible between them;
(c) where child is of discreet age, the child has acquiesced in the acknowledgment;
(d) man and mother of the child could have been lawfully joined in marriage at the time of conception;
(e) acknowledgment is not merely that the child is his child, but that the child is his legitimate child;
(f) the man is competent to make a contract;
(g) the acknowledgment is with the distinct intention of conferring the status of legitimacy; or
(h) the acknowledgment is definite and the child is acknowledged to be the child of his body.