IEA 112 — Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

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.

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