Parliament of Ceylon

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Parliament of Ceylon was the bicameral national legislature of the British Dominion of Ceylon, functioning as its supreme law-making body until the country became the Republic of Sri Lanka.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Representatives of Ceylon	5
Ceylon Parliament	1
Parliament of Sri Lanka	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ
capital	Colombo ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
dissolved	1972 ⓘ
endTime	22 May 1972 ⓘ
foundedBy	Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
function	supreme law-making body of Ceylon ⓘ
governmentType	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasPart	Parliament of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of Ceylon Senate of Ceylon ⓘ
headOfStateDuringExistence	Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Maharaja ⓘ surface form: King of Ceylon Queen of Ceylon ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
legislativeBodyFor	Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ surface form: British Dominion of Ceylon independent Ceylon ⓘ
legislatureOf	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
location	Colombo ⓘ Galle Face Green ⓘ
lowerHouse	Parliament of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of Ceylon
meetsIn	Colombo ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	en ⓘ
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
replaced	State Council of Ceylon ⓘ
replacedBy	unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: National State Assembly of Sri Lanka unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Sri Lanka
representedBy	Governor-General ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of Ceylon
republicTransition	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka
seat	Parliament Building, Colombo ⓘ surface form: Parliament Building, Galle Face
shortName	Parliament of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Parliament
significantEvent	abolished with adoption of 1972 Republican Constitution ⓘ first meeting held 14 October 1947 ⓘ
startTime	14 October 1947 ⓘ
successorState	Sri Lanka ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of Ceylon ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse	first-past-the-post ⓘ single-member constituencies ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse	appointment ⓘ indirect election ⓘ