8Presumption of paternity arising from cohabitation

8 Presumption of paternity arising from cohabitation

[Section 8 Subsection (4A) inserted by No. 107 of 1987, s. 4 ][Section 8 Subsection (4B) inserted by No. 107 of 1987, s. 4 ][Section 8 Subsection (4C) inserted by No. 107 of 1987, s. 4 ][Section 8 Substituted by No. 42 of 1994, s. 7, Applied:01 Aug 1997] If –

(a) a child was born to a woman; and

(b) at any time during the period beginning not earlier than 44 weeks and ending not less than 20 weeks before the birth, the woman cohabited with a man to whom she was not married –

the child is presumed to be the child of that man.