Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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The Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the foundational legal document that established and structured the short-lived mid-20th-century federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland under British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
appliesTo Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
characteristic colonial-era constitution ⓘ
federal ⓘ
short-lived ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
country Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
createdBody Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
Federal government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
createdOffice Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
definedBranch executive branch of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
judicial branch of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
legislative branch of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
definedCapital Salisbury ⓘ
definedPoliticalStructure federal government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
definedStatusOf Northern Rhodesia as British protectorate within the federation ⓘ
Nyasaland as British protectorate within the federation ⓘ
Southern Rhodesia as self-governing colony within the federation ⓘ
establishedFederationOf Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
Nyasaland ⓘ
Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
linked to: Rhodesia
federatedTerritories Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
Nyasaland ⓘ
Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
linked to: Rhodesia
governmentForm federal state ⓘ
headOfState British monarch ⓘ
influencedBy Westminster system ⓘ
jurisdiction Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem British colonial law ⓘ
politicalContext British colonial rule in Central Africa ⓘ
purpose to allocate powers between federal and territorial governments ⓘ
to establish the legal framework of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedTo British Empire ⓘ
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Act ⓘ
representedMonarchBy Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional history of Central Africa ⓘ
successorEntities Malawi ⓘ
Rhodesia ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → legalBasis → Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation Act 1953 ⓘ
subject linked to: CAF
linked to: Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → establishedBy → Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
subject linked to: Federal Assembly
Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → relatedTo → Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Act ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → establishedBy → Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ
Southern Rhodesia Constitution → relatedTo → Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland