Cap. 16 Art. 110Surname to be assumed by child presumed to have been conceived or born in wedlock in virtue of decree of court.

Subject to the provisions of article 92, a child in whose favour there is a presumption in virtue of a decree of the competent court shall assume:

(a) the family name adopted by the spouses in terms of article 4, where the presumption has taken place upon the demand of either one of the parents, or both parents together; or

(b) the surname of any of the parents, or the surname of both parents, in the order they choose, where the presumption has taken place upon the demand of either one of the parents, or both parents together, and their marriage was contracted prior the coming into force of the Marriage Act and other Laws (Amendment) Act,

2017; or

(c) the surname chosen by both parents in virtue of Form Y contained in Part II of the First Schedule to this Code, as appropriate.