South Africa Act 1909

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The South Africa Act 1909 was a British Parliament statute that created the Union of South Africa by uniting several colonies into a single self-governing dominion with a new constitutional framework.

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South Africa Act 1909 canonical 14
South Africa Act, 1909 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional statute ⓘ
appliedTo Cape Province ⓘ
Natal Province ⓘ
Orange Free State Province ⓘ
Transvaal Province ⓘ
linked to: Transvaal
assignedAdministrativeCapital Pretoria ⓘ
assignedJudicialCapital Bloemfontein ⓘ
assignedLegislativeCapital Cape Town ⓘ
cameIntoForce 31 May 1910 ⓘ
constitutionalModelInfluence British Westminster system ⓘ
linked to: Westminster system
countryCreated Union of South Africa ⓘ
createdCapitalArrangement multiple capital cities for Union of South Africa ⓘ
createdGovernmentBranch Parliament of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
createdGovernmentType unitary state ⓘ
createdLegislativeChamber House of Assembly ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
createdOffice Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
createdStatus self-governing dominion ⓘ
datePassed 1909 ⓘ
definedHeadOfState British monarch ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
franchiseEffect entrenched white minority rule ⓘ
franchisePolicy left franchise largely to provinces ⓘ
historicalContext post–Second Boer War settlement ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdictionCreated Union of South Africa ⓘ
languageProvision Dutch as official language ⓘ
English as official language ⓘ
longTermEffect foundation of modern South African state ⓘ
negotiatedAt National Convention of South Africa (1908–1909) ⓘ
partiallySupersededBy Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
politicalStatusOfUnion Dominion within the British Empire ⓘ
providedFor bicameral legislature ⓘ
fusion of executive and legislature ⓘ
responsible government ⓘ
relatedTo British Empire ⓘ
Union of South Africa ⓘ
history of South Africa ⓘ
repealedBy Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1961 ⓘ
shortTitle South Africa Act, 1909 ⓘ
sponsoredBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
subjectMatter union of British colonies in Southern Africa ⓘ
unitedColony Cape Colony ⓘ
Natal Colony ⓘ
Orange River Colony ⓘ
Transvaal Colony ⓘ
linked to: Transvaal

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominion of South Africa → establishedBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
1961 Constitution of South Africa → precededBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
South Africa Act 1909 → shortTitle → South Africa Act, 1909 ⓘ
linked to: South Africa Act 1909
Union era of South Africa → establishedBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
Cabinet of the Union of South Africa → legalBasis → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
Selborne Memorandum → relatedTo → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
Senate of South Africa → establishedBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate