Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
E161540
The Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh was the legislative body responsible for framing and adopting the country’s first constitution following its independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh canonical | 2 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constituent assembly
ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ |
| adoptedDocument |
Constitution of Bangladesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
|
| adoptionDateOfConstitution | 1972-11-04 ⓘ |
| constitutionalPrinciplesFramed |
democracy
ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ secularism ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| constitutionCameIntoForce | 1972-12-16 ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
|
| countryAtTime |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
People’s Republic of Bangladesh
|
| establishedAfter | independence of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| establishedFrom |
members elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from East Pakistan in 1970
ⓘ
members elected to the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan in 1970 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-independence state-building of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | entire territory of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Bengali ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Provisional Constitution of Bangladesh Order 1972 ⓘ |
| legislativeFunction | served as the legislature of Bangladesh before the first Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ |
| location | Dhaka ⓘ |
| mainTask |
defining the structure of the legislature, executive and judiciary of Bangladesh
ⓘ
drafting the fundamental principles of state policy of Bangladesh ⓘ drafting the fundamental rights chapter of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ establishing the form of government of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| nature | unicameral legislature ⓘ |
| presidingOfficerTitle | Speaker ⓘ |
| responsibility | enacting ordinary laws during the interim period before the first parliamentary elections ⓘ |
| role |
adopting the Constitution of Bangladesh
ⓘ
framing the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| succeededBy | 1st Jatiya Sangsad ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1970s ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.