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 be instituted within six months from the day the death of the husband or former husband 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.

Section 1539 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the institution of the child repudiation action under paragraph 1.

When a child learns of the fact that he or she is not a biological child of the man who is the husband of his or her mother, the child may request a public prosecutor to institute an action for repudiation of the status of being a legitimate child of that man.

As regards the action under paragraph 1, if the child knows of the fact that he or she is not a child of the husband of the mother before attaining majority, the public prosecutor shall not institute it upon the passage of one year from the day the child reaches majority, but if the child knows of the said fact after attaining majority, the public prosecutor shall not institute it upon the passage of one year from the day the child knows of such fact.

In any event whatsoever, the action for repudiation of the status of being a legitimate child shall not be instituted upon the passage of ten years from the day the child attains majority.”

The provisions of section 1548 of the Civil and Commercial Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following provisions:

“A father may register a child as his legitimate child only upon the consent of the child and the mother of the child.