Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 289
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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