testified. Provided, that nothing in this act shall exempt any applicant, in respect to any fact so testified, from liability to prosecution in a charge of giving false evidence.
V. If any of the grounds, stated above, be alleged in the application for permission to remarry, the Local Committee or Punchayet shall proceed to investigate the claim and shall pass an award allowing or disallowing the same.
VI. Every such award of a Local Committee or Punchayet shall be treated as an award of arbitrators and shall be forwarded without delay to the District Court, for registration.
VII. The District Judge, on receipt of any such award, shall issue a notice to every person concerned, allowing a stated period in which to shew cause why the award should not be registered. Provided, that such notice shall not, state the grounds upon which the award is based; the party wishing to know them, may apply to the Local Committee or Punchayet for a copy of their award.
VIII. If, within the period allowed, any of the parties concerned appear to show cause, the District Judge shall appoint a day for hearing the objection, and after such hearing shall pass judgment rejecting or admitting such objection. Provided, that if the objection relate to some point of Hindu Law or usage or to some matter of private concernment, it shall be competent to the District Judge, without passing judgment, to refer the objection to the Local Committee or Punchayet, by whom the award was made, for further investigation and report, and proceed, on receipt of their reply, to pass judgment as aforesaid.
