Bill No. 19 Marriage And Divorce Bill 2009 92. Procedure on making decision in objection proceedings (1) The court shall, on making its decision, forward the relevant court order in the prescribed form to the District Registrar stating whether the objection has been dismissed or sustained. (2) The District Registrar shall forward the court order to the relevant celebrant. (3) On receiving a court order dismissing the objection under subsection (1), the relevant celebrant shall file the order and may, without further delay, proceed with the solemnization of the marriage. (4) Where the court issues to the District Registrar an order sustaining the objection, the marriage shall not be solemnized. (5) The court may, where it considers that an objection was made on insufficient grounds, direct the person who made the objection to pay such compensation or costs to a party to the marriage as it may deem fit. 93. 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 Hindu Marriages 94. Void Hindu marriage (1) A Hindu marriage is 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; 41