BSA116
BSA Section 116: Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy
Ch VII · Of the Burden of Proof
Gazette p.41
Verbatim · BSA116. 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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to Evidence Act 112 of the repealed Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act → BSA table
Cite as: Section 116, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023)