Statute of 29 July 1961 for Wallis and Futuna

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The Statute of 29 July 1961 for Wallis and Futuna is the French law that established the territory’s institutional framework and status as an overseas collectivity of France.

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Label Occurrences
Statute of 29 July 1961 for Wallis and Futuna canonical 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French statute ⓘ
constitutional statute for an overseas territory ⓘ
organic law ⓘ
adoptedBy French Parliament ⓘ
aimsTo integrate Wallis and Futuna into the French Republic while preserving customary structures ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
belongsToCategory laws on French overseas territories ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1961-07-29 ⓘ
definesStatusAs overseas collectivity of France ⓘ
definesStatusOf Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
enteredIntoForceInDecade 1960s ⓘ
establishes administrateur supérieur of Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
institutional framework of Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
territorial assembly of Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
governs public institutions of Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
relations between French state and customary authorities in Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
hasBeenAmended yes ⓘ
historicalContext decolonization and reorganization of French overseas territories in the 1960s ⓘ
jurisdiction Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
languageOfDocument French ⓘ
laterInterpretedAs overseas collectivity of France ⓘ
legalHierarchyLevel statute with constitutional value for the territory ⓘ
legalStatusCreated overseas territory of France ⓘ
territoire d’outre-mer ⓘ
legalSystem French law ⓘ
partOf French overseas constitutional framework ⓘ
promulgatedBy President of the French Republic ⓘ
providesFor representation of Wallis and Futuna at the national level in France ⓘ
recognizes Kingdom of Alo ⓘ
Kingdom of Sigave ⓘ
Kingdom of Uvea ⓘ
traditional kingdoms of Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
regulates competences of territorial assembly of Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
powers of administrateur supérieur ⓘ
role of customary kings in local governance ⓘ
subjectMatter distribution of powers between state and territory ⓘ
local institutions ⓘ
status of customary authorities ⓘ
territorial organization ⓘ
territorialCapitalDefinedAs Mata-Utu ⓘ
typeOfNorm legislative act ⓘ

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Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna → legalBasis → Statute of 29 July 1961 for Wallis and Futuna ⓘ