South Africa Act 1909

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional statute

The South Africa Act 1909 was a British Parliament statute that created the Union of South Africa by uniting several colonies into a single self-governing dominion with a new constitutional framework.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
South Africa Act 1909 canonical	10
South Africa Act, 1909	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional statute ⓘ
appliedTo	Cape Province ⓘ Natal Province ⓘ Orange Free State Province ⓘ Transvaal ⓘ surface form: Transvaal Province
assignedAdministrativeCapital	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
assignedJudicialCapital	Bloemfontein ⓘ
assignedLegislativeCapital	Cape Town ⓘ
cameIntoForce	31 May 1910 ⓘ
constitutionalModelInfluence	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: British Westminster system
countryCreated	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
createdCapitalArrangement	multiple capital cities for Union of South Africa ⓘ
createdGovernmentBranch	Parliament of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa
createdGovernmentType	unitary state ⓘ
createdLegislativeChamber	House of Assembly ⓘ Senate ⓘ
createdOffice	Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
createdStatus	self-governing dominion ⓘ
datePassed	1909 ⓘ
definedHeadOfState	British monarch ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
franchiseEffect	entrenched white minority rule ⓘ
franchisePolicy	left franchise largely to provinces ⓘ
historicalContext	post–Second Boer War settlement ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdictionCreated	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
languageProvision	Dutch as official language ⓘ English as official language ⓘ
longTermEffect	foundation of modern South African state ⓘ
negotiatedAt	National Convention of South Africa (1908–1909) ⓘ
partiallySupersededBy	Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
politicalStatusOfUnion	Dominion within the British Empire ⓘ
providedFor	bicameral legislature ⓘ fusion of executive and legislature ⓘ responsible government ⓘ
relatedTo	British Empire ⓘ Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa history of South Africa ⓘ
repealedBy	1961 Constitution of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1961
shortTitle	South Africa Act 1909 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Africa Act, 1909
sponsoredBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
subjectMatter	union of British colonies in Southern Africa ⓘ
unitedColony	Cape Colony ⓘ Natal Colony ⓘ Orange River Colony ⓘ Transvaal ⓘ surface form: Transvaal Colony

Referenced by (11)

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

House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa → establishedBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

Dominion of South Africa → establishedBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

1961 Constitution of South Africa → precededBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

South Africa Act 1909 → shortTitle → South Africa Act 1909 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Africa Act, 1909

Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa → constitutingInstrument → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa → officeCreatedBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

Union era of South Africa → establishedBy → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

Cabinet of the Union of South Africa → legalBasis → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

Governor-General of the Union of South Africa → constitutingInstrument → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

Selborne Memorandum → relatedTo → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ

Administrator of the Cape Province → officeCreatedUnder → South Africa Act 1909 ⓘ