INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
112. Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy.
116. Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
112. Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy. –– The fact that any person was born
during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred and
eighty days after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the
legitimate son of that man, unless it can be shown that the parties to the marriage had no access to each
other at any time when he could have been begotten.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
116. Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy.—The fact that any person was born
during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred and
eighty days after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the
legitimate child of that man, unless it can be shown that the parties to the marriage had no access to each
other at any time when he could have been begotten.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023