JUDGMENT

Mahammad Ibrahim J:

Facts Of The Case

[1] Both appellants, prior to their marriage and up to the time of the filing of this application, were residing in Malacca at an address known as No 1, Jalan TTP2, Taman Tambak Paya Permai, 75460 Air Molek, Melaka.

[2] They have decided to get married in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur as the first applicant was then a married man and was intent not to let the news of the marriage reaching his first wife. Upon the evidence adduced, the first applicant was a man of means financially and physically, being a contractor earning an income of some RM9,000 a month.

[3] The second applicant has never married before. On 16 September 2000, between 10:00 am and 11:00 am, the parties were married at a double-storey shop house in the Federal Territory, Kuala Lumpur. A week later, they received their Certificate of Marriage, since marked as exh P1. At the said shop house, a jurunikah and two witnesses, not personally known to the applicants but whose character and personality did not appear to be questionable to the applicants, were made available for the solemnization.

[4] The marriage was solemnized upon a maskahwin of RM80 in cash, and the appli