Senate of Bermuda

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legislative body parliamentary chamber upper house

The Senate of Bermuda is the appointed upper chamber of Bermuda’s bicameral legislature, responsible for reviewing and revising legislation passed by the elected House of Assembly.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Legislative Council of Bermuda 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
parliamentary chamber ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
appointingAuthority Governor of Bermuda ⓘ
canAmendLegislation true ⓘ
canDelayLegislation true ⓘ
canRejectLegislation true ⓘ
chamberOf Parliament of Bermuda ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Bermuda ⓘ
country Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda
establishedAsPartOf modern constitutional framework of Bermuda ⓘ
governmentTypeContext Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
hasChamber House of Assembly of Bermuda ⓘ
hasCommitteeFunction examines bills in detail ⓘ
hasFunction acts as a revising chamber ⓘ
provides second reading of legislation ⓘ
hasLegislativePower approves or rejects amendments ⓘ
passes bills ⓘ
hasPosition President of the Senate ⓘ
Vice President of the Senate ⓘ
hasPowerOver certain constitutional or special bills ⓘ
ordinary legislation ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf House of Assembly of Bermuda ⓘ
isSubordinateTo Constitution of Bermuda ⓘ
jurisdiction Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda
language English ⓘ
legalSystemContext common law jurisdiction ⓘ
legislatureOf Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda
meetsFrequency regular legislative sessions ⓘ
meetsIn Hamilton, Bermuda ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Sessions House (Bermuda) ⓘ
memberTitle Senator ⓘ
numberOfMembers 11 ⓘ
oversightFunction reviews public policy ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Bermuda ⓘ
partOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch of Bermuda ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
relatedBody Government of Bermuda ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of Bermuda

Governor of Bermuda ⓘ
House of Assembly of Bermuda ⓘ
role participates in the law‑making process ⓘ
reviews legislation passed by the House of Assembly of Bermuda ⓘ
revises legislation passed by the House of Assembly of Bermuda ⓘ
scrutinizes government actions ⓘ
selectionMethod appointed ⓘ
typeOfMembers appointed non‑executive legislators ⓘ
votingSystem simple majority vote among senators ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Parliament of Bermuda → composedOf → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
Constitution of Bermuda → establishesBody → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
Parliament of Bermuda → hasChamber → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
President of the Senate → historicalPrecursor → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Bermuda
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Bermuda
President of the Senate → legislativeBody → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Bermuda
Sessions House (Bermuda) → legislativeBody → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
President of the Senate → memberOf → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Bermuda
Parliament of Bermuda → membersAreAppointedIn → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
Vice President of the Senate → partOf → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
subject surface form: Vice President of the Senate (Bermuda)
President of the Senate → presidesOver → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Bermuda
House of Assembly of Bermuda → relatedTo → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
Government of Bermuda → upperHouse → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ
Parliament of Bermuda → upperHouse → Senate of Bermuda ⓘ