§ Mr. TOUCHEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of a recent decision of Mr. Justice Macleod, in the Bombay High Court, in which is was held that an officer in the Indian Army was entitled to receive his pay without any deduction, and that an attachment levied thereon may be raised; and will he say how, in such circumstances, the remedy of a creditor approximates to, and is as effective as, the bankruptcy procedure of this country, and does it involve imprisonment?
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§ Mr. C. ROBERTSI have only seen a newspaper report of the decision ascribed to Mr. Justice Macleod, but it appears that the most recent reported decision of an Appellate Bench of the Bombay High Court had the effect of making the Indian law the same as the English law as regards the non-attachability of the salary of a British officer serving in India.
§ Mr. TOUCHEasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India received a memorial from the Calcutta Trades Association praying that the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, may be amended as far as necessary to render the pay of officers serving in India attachable to the extent provided in Section 60 of the Code; has the Secretary of State received any communications from the Government of India on the subject; and can their purport and the views of the Secretary of State be made known to this House?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSThe answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. The matter is now engaging the Secretary of State's attention, but he is not in a position to make any statement.