Malaysia legislation

Section 116

of Islamic Family Law Enactment 2004

Section 116

The presumption of paternity arising from acknowledgment 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.

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Acknowledgment by a woman in ‘iddah