§ 52. Mr. Awberyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why it was enacted on 8th December last in Malta that it would be illegal for people to proceed to or from a meeting processionally even when the meeting is held in a constitutional manner.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodBefore 1955 it was unlawful to go to or from public meetings in procession. Owing to the frequency with which such meetings are held the ban has been re-imposed in order to relieve the police of the very heavy strain imposed on their resources148W by the need to regulate processional routes and the additional traffic problems caused by processions.