ENACTMENT NO. 7 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1983
PART VII - GUARDIANSHIP Other Reliefs
Section 117. Acknowledging another as mother or father.
Where a person acknowledges another as his father or mother, the acknowledgment, if assented to or confirmed by the acknowledgee, whether during the lifetime or after the decease of the acknowledgor, shall constitute a valid relationship, in so far as the parties themselves are concerned, provided that the ages of the acknowledgor and the acknowledgee are such that filial relationship is possible between them.