Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 33. Appeals from court’s decision in objection proceedings (1) The decision of a court in objection proceedings may be appealed against either on a point of law or fact, or both law and fact. (2) The hearing of an objection by the court and also the hearing of an appeal, if any, shall each be completed within fifteen days after filing of the objection or the commencement of the appeal as the case may be. Void and Voidable Civil Marriages 34. Void civil marriage (1) A civil marriage is null and void where— (a) the parties are within the prohibited degrees of relationship, whether natural or legal or by marriage; (b) either party was of unsound mind at the time of the marriage; (c) either party, at the time of marriage, had a living spouse and the marriage with the living spouse was still subsisting, except in the case of a customary marriage; (d) the consent of either party to the marriage was obtained by duress or fraud; (e) the marriage was contracted in contravention of any of the provisions of sections 15, 16, 17 and 18. (2) The aggrieved party may petition the court for a declaration that his or her marriage is void. 35. Voidable civil marriage (1) A civil marriage is voidable where one of the parties to the civil marriage— (a) unreasonably refuses to consummate the marriage for a period of three months from the time of the marriage; 23

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