Section 165 Evidence Act 2011
Section 165 Evidence Act 2011 is titled ‘Presumption of legitimacy‘. It is under Part X (PRESUMPTIONS AND ESTOPPEL) of the Act. It states as follows:
Without prejudice to section 84 of the Matrimonial Causes Act, where a person was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within 280 days after dissolution of the marriage, the mother remaining unmarried, the court shall presume that the person in question is the child of that man.