116. 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.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 111 Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years
Section 113 Burden of proof as to ownership
Section 114 Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence
Section 115 Presumption as to certain offences
Section 116 Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy
Section 117 Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman
Section 118 Presumption as to dowry death
Section 119 Court may presume existence of certain facts
Section 120 Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecution for rape