1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka

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Constitution Supreme law

The 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka was the fundamental law that transformed Ceylon into the Republic of Sri Lanka, establishing a new republican system of government and replacing its former dominion status under the British Crown.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka 0
Constitution of Ceylon 3
Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka 1972 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Constitution ⓘ
Supreme law ⓘ
abolished Dominion status of Ceylon ⓘ
Status of Ceylon as a dominion of the British Crown ⓘ
adoptedBy unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Constituent Assembly of Sri Lanka
alsoKnownAs 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka 1972

1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: First Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
cameIntoForce 22 May 1972 ⓘ
constitutionalModelInfluence Westminster system ⓘ
surface form: British Westminster system

Republican constitutions of other Commonwealth countries ⓘ
constitutionalTradition Written constitution ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
created Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka
definedCitizenshipOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka
draftedBy Constitutional Affairs Minister Colvin R. de Silva ⓘ
draftedUnderGovernmentOf Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
effectiveFrom 22 May 1972 ⓘ
establishedOffice President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: President of the Republic of Sri Lanka
formOfGovernment Republic ⓘ
governingPeriod 1972–1978 ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Ceylon ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
headOfState President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation Reflected socialist and nationalist policies of the ruling coalition ⓘ
judiciaryChange Reduced powers of judicial review ⓘ
Subordinated judiciary to the National State Assembly ⓘ
languagePolicy Recognised Sinhala as the official language ⓘ
legalContinuity Replaced dominion constitution with republican constitution ⓘ
legalSystem Unitary state ⓘ
legislature National State Assembly ⓘ
officialNameOfCountry Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka
politicalPartyInPowerDuringAdoption Sri Lanka Freedom Party ⓘ
previousNameOfCountry Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon
region South Asia ⓘ
religionPolicy Gave Buddhism the foremost place ⓘ
removed Remaining formal powers of the British monarch over Ceylon ⓘ
repealedBy 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
repealedOn 7 September 1978 ⓘ
replaced 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Ceylon

Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
rightsProvision Contained a chapter on fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ
sovereignty Vested in the people ⓘ
subjectOf Sri Lankan constitutional history ⓘ
supremacyClause Declared the National State Assembly supreme ⓘ
typeOfState Unitary state ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka → alsoKnownAs → 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: First Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka → alsoKnownAs → 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Sri Lanka 1972
Senate of Ceylon → authority → 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ceylon
Dominion of Ceylon → constitutionalChange → 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka → replaced → 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ceylon
Senate of Ceylon → subordinateTo → 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Ceylon