16. Compensation and costs. The High Court may award compensation and costs to the party injured, if it appears that a caveat was entered on insufficient grounds. Consent to marriage in certain cases necessary. 17. Consent to marriage of minors. If either party to an intended marriage, not being a widower or widow, is under twentyone years of age, the written consent of the father, or if he is dead or of unsound mind or absent from Uganda, of the mother, or if both are dead or of unsound mind or absent from Uganda, of the guardian of that party, must be produced annexed to the affidavit as required by section 10 before a licence can be granted or a certificate issued. 18. Signature of consent by person unable to write or to understand English. 1. If the person required to sign a consent to marriage is unable to write, or is insufficiently acquainted with the English language, or both, then he or she shall sign his or her consent by placing his or her mark or cross to the consent in the presence of any judge, magistrate, justice of the peace, district commissioner, chief registrar of the High Court, registrar of marriages, registrar of deeds, medical officer in the service of the Government or minister of religion. 2. The signature made under subsection (1) shall be attested by a person specified in that subsection in Form B in the First Schedule to this Act. 19. Consent where no parent or guardian capable of consenting. If there is no parent or guardian of the party under twenty-one years of age residing in Uganda and capable of consenting to the marriage, then the Minister or a judge of the High Court may consent to the marriage in writing, upon being satisfied after due inquiry that the marriage is a proper one; and that consent shall be as effectual as if the father or mother had consented.