§ MR. SUMMERS (Huddersfield)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Ecclesiastical Courts in Malta have been suppressed; and, if so, at what date and under what circumstances?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron H. de WORMS, Liverpool, East Toxteth)These Courts were suppressed by Law No. 5 of 1828, except as regards jurisdiction in spiritual causes over members of the Roman Catholic Church.