Soulbury Constitution

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The Soulbury Constitution was the post–World War II constitutional framework that established Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a self-governing Dominion within the British Commonwealth, shaping its parliamentary democracy until the 1972 republican constitution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Soulbury Constitution canonical 13
Soulbury Constitution of 1947 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dominion constitution ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
abolishedOn 22 May 1972 ⓘ
adoptedOn 1947 ⓘ
aimedTo grant self-government within the British Empire ⓘ
allowedAppealsTo Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
appliedIn elections to the House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
basedOn recommendations of the Soulbury Commission ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 4 February 1948 ⓘ
containedProvisionOn citizenship ⓘ
executive powers ⓘ
finance ⓘ
franchise ⓘ
judicial powers ⓘ
legislative powers ⓘ
public service ⓘ
country Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka ⓘ
createdPoliticalEntity Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
criticizedFor entrenching unitary state structure ⓘ
insufficient minority protections ⓘ
didNotProvideFor entrenched bill of rights ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
effectiveUntil 1972 republican constitution ⓘ
establishedSystemOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
executivePowerVestedIn Cabinet of Ministers ⓘ
firstPrimeMinisterUnderConstitution D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Ceylon ⓘ
headOfState British monarch ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II decolonization ⓘ
influencedBy British constitutional conventions ⓘ
Westminster model ⓘ
linked to: Westminster system
jurisdiction Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
languageOfText English ⓘ
legalStatus Dominion constitution within the British Commonwealth ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral parliament ⓘ
limitedBy reserve powers of the Governor-General ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
namedAfter Soulbury Commission ⓘ
precededBy Donoughmore Constitution ⓘ
providedFor Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as final court of appeal ⓘ
fundamental rights in limited form ⓘ
independent judiciary ⓘ
unitary state structure ⓘ
universal adult franchise ⓘ
replacedBy 1972 Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
representativeOfHeadOfState Governor-General of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General
superseded colonial constitutional instruments of British Ceylon ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Ceylon ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Senate of Ceylon → legalBasis → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → foundedBy → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka → replaced → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ceylon → createdBy → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
Government of Ceylon → significantEvent → Soulbury Constitution of 1947 ⓘ
linked to: Soulbury Constitution
Queen of Ceylon → constitutionalInstrument → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka → succeeded → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
Donoughmore Constitution → replacedBy → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
Politics of Ceylon → keyEvent → Soulbury Constitution of 1947 ⓘ
linked to: Soulbury Constitution
Politics of Ceylon → constitutionalInstrument → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
Soulbury Commission → followedBy → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
Republican Constitution of 1972 → replaced → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
සීලෝන් රජය → hadConstitution → Soulbury Constitution ⓘ