§ 40. Sir J. HASLAMasked the Attorney-General if he will consider the advisability of introducing the necessary legislation in order that similar provisions to those contained in the Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act, 1925, as applying to the publication of details of divorce cases shall apply to the proceedings of Consistory Courts?
§ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL (Sir Boyd Merriman)No, Sir. I would remind the hon. Member that proceedings before Consistory Courts are not limited to cases of the kind recently reported in the Press. On the contrary, they include a number of matters which it is desirable should be fully reported. Moreover, the provisions of Section 1, Sub-section (1), of the Act prohibiting the printing or publication of indecent matter calculated to injure public morals apply to such proceedings.