Palestine Order in Council 1922

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The Palestine Order in Council 1922 was a key constitutional instrument issued by the British government that defined the legal and administrative framework of the British Mandate in Palestine.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Mandate Palestine law ⓘ
Order in Council ⓘ
constitutional instrument ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
contains provisions on appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
provisions on civil jurisdiction ⓘ
provisions on courts and judges ⓘ
provisions on criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
provisions on legislation and ordinances ⓘ
provisions on public order and security ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateIssued 1922-08-10 ⓘ
defines executive powers in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
judicial powers in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
legislative powers in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
powers of the High Commissioner for Palestine ⓘ
effectiveDate 1923-09-01 ⓘ
enactedBy Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
governs relationship between British authorities and local institutions in Palestine ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Mandate period ⓘ
implements parts of the Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
influenced subsequent legal systems in Israel ⓘ
subsequent legal systems in the Gaza Strip ⓘ
subsequent legal systems in the West Bank ⓘ
inForceUntil 1948 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisFor High Court of Justice in Palestine ⓘ
Supreme Court of Palestine ⓘ
administrative framework of British Mandate in Palestine ⓘ
constitutional framework of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
judicial system of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
subordinate courts in Palestine ⓘ
legalCitation Palestine Order in Council, 1922 ⓘ
legalStatus subordinate legislation under the royal prerogative ⓘ
legalSystemEstablished mixed legal system in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
partOf legal framework of the British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
preserved elements of Ottoman law in Palestine ⓘ
promulgatedBy King George V ⓘ
linked to: George V
relatedTo High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ
Mandate for Palestine (League of Nations) ⓘ
replaced Ottoman legal framework in Palestine (in part) ⓘ
setsOut appointment and removal of judges in Palestine ⓘ
procedure for making ordinances in Palestine ⓘ
rights of appeal from Palestine to the Privy Council ⓘ
subjectOf historical research on British colonial administration ⓘ
legal scholarship on Mandatory Palestine ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → enforcedDocument → Palestine Order in Council 1922 ⓘ
British administration in Transjordan → hasLegalBasis → Article 25 of the Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Palestine Order in Council 1922
Palestine Order in Council 1922 → legalCitation → Palestine Order in Council, 1922 ⓘ
linked to: Palestine Order in Council 1922