Senate of Ceylon

E37799

defunct legislature legislative chamber upper house

The Senate of Ceylon was the appointed upper chamber of the Ceylonese legislature during the period of British Dominion status, functioning as a revising body until its abolition in 1971.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct legislature → legislative chamber → upper house →
abolished	1971 →
appliesToJurisdiction	Ceylon →
authority	Constitution of Ceylon →
composition	members representing various communities and interests →
country	Ceylon → Sri Lanka →
dissolved	1971 →
function	advisory role in lawmaking → delaying legislation → review of legislation →
governmentForm	Westminster-style parliamentary system →
historicalCountry	Dominion of Ceylon →
historicalPeriod	British Dominion period of Ceylon →
houseType	upper house →
inception	1947 → 4 July 1949 →
jurisdiction	Ceylon →
languageOfWork	English → Sinhala → Tamil →
legalBasis	Soulbury Constitution →
legislatureOf	Ceylon → Dominion of Ceylon →
location	Colombo →
meetingPlace	Parliament Building, Colombo →
membershipType	appointed →
numberOfAppointedMembers	15 →
numberOfElectedMembers	15 →
numberOfMembers	30 →
otherChamber	House of Representatives of Ceylon →
partOf	Parliament of Ceylon → bicameral legislature of Ceylon →
precededBy	State Council of Ceylon (as previous legislature) →
reasonForAbolition	constitutional reform towards unicameralism →
replacedBy	unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka →
role	revising chamber → upper chamber of the Ceylonese legislature →
selectionMethod	appointment by Governor-General → election by House of Representatives of Ceylon → indirect appointment →
status	abolished →
subordinateTo	Constitution of Ceylon →
termLength	6 years →
votingSystem	indirect election and appointment →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dominion of Ceylon → Parliament of Ceylon →	upperHouse
Parliament of Ceylon →	hasPart