TY  - JOUR
T1  - Who’s Your Daddy? The Legal Issues on Presumption of Legitimacy in Malaysia
AU - Mahali, Mazlina AU - Rajamanickam, Ramalinggam AU - Ngah, Anisah Che 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 30
SP  - 7300
EP  - 7304
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.7300.7304
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.7300.7304
KW  - Presumption of legitimacy
KW  -paternity
KW  -scientific evidence
KW  -DNA
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - Section 112 of the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950 provides for conclusive proof of legitimacy of a child
born or conceived during subsistence of a valid marriage where a husband of a married woman is determined
as the legal father of the child. Although, the provision provided for lack of sexual access as a rebuttable fact
that can be admitted in court, a thorough analysis into this provision showed that it present significant legal
issues that need to be advanced in the context of modern development of scientific evidence. The aim of this
study is to identify and highlight the legal issues concerning the presumption. The nature of methodology
used is purely qualitative and doctrinal. This study concluded that revamp of the provision is desirable,
principally owing to the best interest the child.
ER  -