Article 128. Birth during marriage conclusive proof of
legitimacy.—
(1) The fact that any person was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man and not earlier than the expiration of six lunar months from the date of the marriage, or within two years after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the legitimate child of that man, unless—
(a) the husband had refused, or refuses, to own the child ; or
(b) the child was born after the expiration of six lunar months from the date on which the woman had accepted that the period of iddat had come to an end.
(2) Nothing contained in clause
(1) shall apply to a non-Muslim if it is inconsistent with his faith.
(1) The fact that any person was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man and not earlier than the expiration of six lunar months from the date of the marriage, or within two years after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the legitimate child of that man, unless—
(a) the husband had refused, or refuses, to own the child ; or
(b) the child was born after the expiration of six lunar months from the date on which the woman had accepted that the period of iddat had come to an end.
(2) Nothing contained in clause
(1) shall apply to a non-Muslim if it is inconsistent with his faith.