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(1) A person who has not completed his or her twenty- megiot. artainedtiha agenof nagority as presctibed bye tsha t he of conin. Majority Act, 1971, nevertheless be required, before Act 2l. marrying, to obtain the consent in writing— (a) of his or her father; or the penseu is (b) if/his or her father is dead, of his or her mother; or illegitenat (c) if both his or her father and mother died before-he or she attains the age of twenty ome years, of the person standing in loco parentis to him or her-delis. A498 (dy betore he or she attains that age, but in any other case no consent shall be required. (2) Where the court is satisfied that the consent of any person to a proposed marriage is being withheld unreasonably or all those persons who could give consent under [Pt. III, S. 12-15] subsection (1) are dead or that it is impracticable to obtain such consent, the court may, on application, give consent aud such consent shall have the same effect as if it hac been given by the person whose consent was required by (3) An application to the High Court under this section shall be made to a Judge in chambers. (4) When an application is made to the High Court in consequence of a refusal to give consent, notice of the application shall be served upon the person who refused to ive consent (5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Part conne minothasbeen pre ously marrieal not be necessary (6) There shall be no appeal from an order of a Judge under this section. Preliminaries to marriage