Senate of Fiji

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defunct legislative body upper house

The Senate of Fiji was the former upper chamber of Fiji's bicameral legislature, functioning as a revising and reviewing body for legislation before its abolition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Senate of Fiji canonical	3
Legislative Council of Fiji (as upper body role)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct legislative body ⓘ upper house ⓘ
abolishedBy	Constitution of Fiji ⓘ surface form: 2013 Constitution of Fiji
abolishedInYear	2013 ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Fiji ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf	Great Council of Chiefs ⓘ Leader of the Opposition of Fiji ⓘ Prime Minister of Fiji ⓘ
chamberType	upper chamber ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Fiji ⓘ surface form: 1997 Constitution of Fiji
constitutionalRole	part of the law‑making process in Fiji ⓘ
couldNot	initiate money bills ⓘ
country	Fiji ⓘ
functionedAs	reviewing chamber in a bicameral system ⓘ
historicalSignificance	last upper chamber in Fiji before shift to unicameralism ⓘ
houseType	appointed house ⓘ
jurisdiction	national ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Fijian ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legislativeFunction	delaying legislation ⓘ reviewing legislation ⓘ revising legislation ⓘ
legislativePeriod	pre-2006 coup era ⓘ
location	Suva, Fiji ⓘ surface form: Suva
memberTitle	Senator ⓘ
metInBuilding	Parliament Complex, Suva ⓘ surface form: Parliament House, Suva
numberOfMembers	32 ⓘ
oversightFunction	provided checks on the lower house ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Fiji ⓘ surface form: Legislature of Fiji Parliament of Fiji ⓘ
power	limited veto over legislation ⓘ power to amend bills ⓘ power to delay bills ⓘ
precededBy	Senate of Fiji self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of Fiji (as upper body role)
reasonForAbolition	introduction of a new unicameral constitutional framework in 2013 ⓘ
relationshipToLowerHouse	received and reviewed bills from the House of Representatives of Fiji ⓘ
replacedBy	Parliament of Fiji ⓘ surface form: unicameral Parliament of Fiji
role	scrutiny of legislation passed by the House of Representatives of Fiji ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointment ⓘ
status	abolished ⓘ
suspendedDuring	2006 Fijian coup d'état ⓘ
typeOfBody	deliberative assembly ⓘ
votingSystem	no direct election ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Parliament of Fiji → precededBy → Senate of Fiji ⓘ

House of Representatives of Fiji → upperChamber → Senate of Fiji ⓘ

House of Representatives of Fiji → relatedInstitution → Senate of Fiji ⓘ

Senate of Fiji → precededBy → Senate of Fiji self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Fiji (as upper body role)