Volume 141, Number 58A
Royal Gazette
24 September 2567
“Section1541.The man who is the spouse or former spouse shall be prohibited from instituting an action for repudiation of the child according to section 1539 if it appears in the birth register that he himself notified the birth of the child as the father of the child or arranged for or allowed such notification.”
Section57.The text of sections 1542 and 1543 of the Civil and Commercial Code, which has been amended by the Civil and Commercial Code Amendment Act (No 10), 2533 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:
“Section1542.An action for repudiation of a child must be instituted by the man who is the spouse or former spouse within one year from the day he knows of the birth of the child. However, the action shall not be instituted upon the passage of ten years from the day of the birth of the child.
In the event that a court judgment declares that the child is not a legitimate child of the man who is the new spouse according to section 1537 or the spouse in the subsequent marriage according to section 1538, if the man who is the spouse or former spouse and is presumed by section 1536 to be the legitimate father of the child wants to institute an action for repudiation of the child, he must institute the action within one year from the day he knows that the judgment has become final.
Section1543.In the event that the man who is the spouse or former spouse institutes an action for repudiation of a child and dies before the action becomes final, a person who has the right to succeed to his inheritance together with the child or a person who is to lose the right to succeed to his inheritance as a result of the birth of the child may request permission to replace or may be summoned to replace him as a substitute party.”
Section58.The text of section 1544 of the Civil and Commercial Code, which has been amended by the Civil and Commercial Code Amendment Act (No 10), 2533 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:
“Section1544.As regards an action for repudiation of a child, a person who has the right to succeed to an inheritance together with the child or a person who is to lose the right to succeed to an inheritance as a result of the birth of the child may institute it in the following events:
(1)the spouse or former spouse died prior to the passage of the period of time within which he might institute the action;
(2)the child was born after the death of the spouse or former spouse.
In the event under (1), the action for repudiation of the child must be instituted within six months from the day the death of the spouse or former spouse is known. In the event under (2), the action for repudiation of the child must be instituted within six months from the day the birth of the child is known. In any event whatsoever, the action shall not be instituted upon the passage of ten years from the day of the birth of the child.”
