12.-(1) Upon the receipt of the notice as hereinbefore provided, the marriage officer shall file the same in his office and shall, within ten days of the receipt of the notice, cause copies thereof, certified under his hand and seal, to be posted outside his office and in a conspicuous place at the place or places where the parties ordinarily reside, inserting therein the date of the posting up: Provided that the marriage officer shall refuse to post up the notice where such notice does not comply with this Law or any rules made thereunder or where thereexists to his knowledge some disability or some other legal impediment to the marriage but, in every such case the marriage officer shall give notice thereof to the parties and, if not himself a judge of the Court, shall forthwith notify the Court of such refusal and the Court shall give such directions thereon as to it may seem fit and the marriage officer concerned shall comply with such directions.
(2) If a marriage officer fails to post up the notice within ten days of its receipt as in subsection (1) provided, he shall be deemed to have refused to post up the same and, in every such case, any party to the notice may complain to the Court for such refusal and the Court shall give such direction thereon as to it may seem fit and the marriage officer concerned shall comply with such direction.