Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1953

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The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1953 was a British legal instrument that significantly revised Jamaica’s colonial constitution, expanding internal self-government and establishing key political offices that paved the way toward independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statutory instrument ⓘ
Order in Council ⓘ
constitutional order ⓘ
appliesTo constitutional offices in Jamaica ⓘ
executive branch of the colonial government of Jamaica ⓘ
legislative branch of the colonial government of Jamaica ⓘ
consequence laid institutional foundations for self-rule in Jamaica ⓘ
strengthened local political institutions in Jamaica ⓘ
constitutionalStatus amended Jamaica’s existing colonial constitution ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
effectOnGovernment expanded powers of locally elected representatives ⓘ
increased internal self-government for Jamaica ⓘ
restructured colonial constitutional framework ⓘ
enactedBy Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
governs internal constitutional arrangements of Jamaica prior to independence ⓘ
historicalContext late British colonial constitutional reforms in the Caribbean ⓘ
historicalSignificance major step in Jamaica’s transition from colony to independence ⓘ
inForceDuring late British colonial period in Jamaica ⓘ
issuedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
jurisdiction Colony of Jamaica ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm Order in Council made under royal prerogative and statutory authority ⓘ
legalStatus subordinate legislation made under authority of the United Kingdom ⓘ
legalSystem British colonial law ⓘ
precedes Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962 ⓘ
independence of Jamaica in 1962 ⓘ
purpose to establish key political offices in Jamaica ⓘ
to expand internal self-government in Jamaica ⓘ
to pave the way toward Jamaican independence ⓘ
to revise the colonial constitution of Jamaica ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
relatedTo development of responsible government in Jamaica ⓘ
process of decolonisation of the British Empire ⓘ
subjectMatter distribution of powers between colonial governor and local institutions ⓘ
executive authority in colonial Jamaica ⓘ
political offices in Jamaica’s colonial government ⓘ
structure of the legislature in colonial Jamaica ⓘ
typeOfChange constitutional reform ⓘ

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Premier of Jamaica → officeCreatedUnder → Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1953 ⓘ
Premier of Jamaica → officeCreatedUnder → Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1957 ⓘ
linked to: Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1953