64 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
is open at the time within thirty days from the opening of such a Court, the marriage shall not be solemnized until the decision of such court has been given and the period allowed by law for appeal from such decision has elapsed, or, if there is an appeal from such decision, until the decision of the appellate court has been given.
(4) If such certificate is not lodged in the manner and within the period laid down in sub-section (3), or if the decision of the court is that the marriage does not contravene any of the conditions specified in section 8, the marriage may be solemnized by the Registrar to whom the notice of marriage has been given.
(5) If the decision of the court is that the marriage contravenes any of the conditions specified in section 8, the marriage shall not be solemnized.
(16)
16. Power of court to fine when objection not reasonable. — If it appears to the court before which the suit is filed that the objection was not reasonable and bona fide, it may impose on the person objecting a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees and award it or any part thereof to the parties to the intended marriage.
(17)
17. Declaration by parties and witnesses. —(1) Before the marriage is solemnized, the parties and three witnesses, shall, in the presence of the Registrar, sign a declaration in the form specified in the Fifth Schedule and where either party has not completed the age of twentyone years, the declaration shall also be signed by his or her guardian, except in the case of a widow.
(2) Every declaration made under sub-section (1) shall be countersigned by the Registrar.