National State Assembly

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The National State Assembly was the unicameral legislature of Sri Lanka established under the 1972 Republican Constitution, serving as the country's supreme law-making body during that constitutional period.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
chamberType single chamber ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple parliamentary supremacy under the 1972 Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme law-making body of Sri Lanka ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
countryNameAtEstablishment Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
dissolutionReason replacement by the Parliament of Sri Lanka under the 1978 Constitution ⓘ
establishedUnder 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
followedBy Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
function control of public finance ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
historicalContext created when Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka in 1972 ⓘ
houseCount 1 ⓘ
jurisdiction Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
legalFoundation Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka 1972 ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral ⓘ
location Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
memberTitle Member of the National State Assembly ⓘ
politicalSystem parliamentary republic ⓘ
precededBy Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
relatedOffice Cabinet of Ministers of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
replacedBody Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
replacedBy Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
role amendment of the 1972 Constitution ⓘ
enactment of laws ⓘ
sovereigntyLocation people of Sri Lanka acting through the National State Assembly ⓘ
successorConstitution 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
supremacy exercised supreme legislative power in Sri Lanka ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka → legislature → National State Assembly ⓘ
Republican Constitution of 1972 → legislature → unicameral National State Assembly ⓘ
linked to: National State Assembly