Civil Code (Cap. 16)

Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 289

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289. (1) Where, after an act of birth of a child conceived and born outside wedlock has been registered without indication of the name of the father, the paternit y of such child is determined b y a judgment of the court, the name of the father may, at the reque st of any person interested, be entered by means of a note in the mar gin of the register. (2) The same shall apply where, after the registration of a repertus it becomes known who the parents of the foundling are, either by means of a declarati on made by themselves or by a judgment of the court. CIVIL CODE [CAP. 16. 111 Adoption or presumption that a person was conceived or born in wedlock. Amended by: XXI.1962.9; XVIII.2004.41.

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