ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1987 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1987
PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS Legitimacy
Section 116. Presumption from acknowledgement rebuttable.
The presumption of paternity arising from acknowledgement 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.