Section 107: Paternity may be denied

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1) Except as otherwise agreed upon between the husband and wife, the paternity of a child born to the wife before one hundred eighty days of the conclusion of marriage may be denied by the husband and by the successor to the husband where the husband had already died before the birth of such child.

2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where a man concludes marriage with a woman with knowledge or having reasonable grounds to know that she was pregnant before the marriage, the paternity of a child cannot be denied merely on the ground of his or her birth before that period.

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