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Section 115

Presumption from acknowledgment rebuttable

of Islamic Family Law (Federal Territory) Act 1984

ActIn forceProvision 117 of 138
Section 115

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;

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(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 acknowledger at the time when the acknowledgee could have been conceived.