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 10
South Africa Act, 1909 1

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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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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