Section 119
Presumption from acknowledgment rebuttable
of Islamic Family Law Ordinance, 2001
State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 118 of 139
Section 119
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.