Northern Provincial Council

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The Northern Provincial Council is the elected legislative body responsible for regional governance and administration in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
provincial council
subnational government
capital Jaffna
country Sri Lanka
electorate residents of Northern Province
establishedUnder 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka
governingBodyOf Northern Province
governmentStructure unicameral
governmentType provincial government
hasBudgetSource central government transfers
provincial revenue
hasElections provincial council elections in Northern Province
hasExecutiveHeadTitle Chief Minister of Northern Province
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver Northern Province
hasMembers elected provincial councillors
hasPresidingOfficerTitle Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council
higherLevelAuthority Government of Sri Lanka
isPartOf provincial council system of Sri Lanka
jurisdiction Northern Province
languageOfWork Sinhala
Tamil
legalBasis provincial councils of Sri Lanka
surface form: Provincial Councils Act of Sri Lanka
legislativeFunction regional administration
regional governance
locatedIn Northern Province
Sri Lanka
meetingPlace Jaffna
responsibleForPolicyArea local economic development
provincial agriculture
provincial education
provincial health services
provincial roads
provincial social services
subdivisionOf unitary state of Sri Lanka
supervisingMinistry Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government (Sri Lanka)
votingSystem proportional representation

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Northern Province, Sri Lanka governingBody Northern Provincial Council
Chief Minister of Northern Province partOf Northern Provincial Council
this entity surface form: Provincial Council of the Northern Province
Chief Minister of Northern Province isPositionIn Northern Provincial Council
Chief Minister of Northern Province reportsTo Northern Provincial Council