Section 111. Ascription of paternity (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (KEDAH DARUL AMAN) ENACTMENT 2008

ENACTMENT 11
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (KEDAH DARUL AMAN) ENACTMENT 2008

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS
Legitimacy

Section 111. Ascription of paternity

Where a child is born to a woman who is married to a man-

(a) more than six

qamariah

months from the date of the marriage; or

(b) within four

qamariah

years after dissolution of the marriage either by the death of the man or by divorce, and the woman

not having remarried,

the nasab or paternity of the child is established in the man, but the man may, by way of li‘an, disavow or disclaim the child before the Court.