Parliament of Jamaica

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Parliament of Jamaica is the bicameral national legislature of Jamaica, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, responsible for making and passing the country’s laws.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of Jamaica canonical 28
Jamaican Parliament 2
Legislative branch of Jamaica 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
advisedByForSenateAppointments Leader of the Opposition of Jamaica ⓘ
Prime Minister of Jamaica ⓘ
appointingAuthorityUpperHouse Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ
associatedWith Government of Jamaica ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Parliament of Jamaica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legislative branch of Jamaica
city Kingston ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Jamaican Constitution of 1962 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Jamaica
country Jamaica ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1962 ⓘ
hasCommittee Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee of Jamaica ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee of Jamaica ⓘ
hasComponent House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
hasHouse House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
hasPresidentOfSenate President of the Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
headOfStateInParliament King of Jamaica ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of Jamaica
jurisdiction Jamaica ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeFunction makes laws ⓘ
passes laws ⓘ
locatedIn Kingston ⓘ
surface form: Kingston, Jamaica
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Jamaica ⓘ
meetsAt Gordon House ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Gordon House ⓘ
surface form: Gordon House, Kingston
membersAre Members of Parliament ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversees Executive branch of Jamaica ⓘ
predecessor Legislative Council of Jamaica ⓘ
relatedTo Elections in Jamaica ⓘ
Politics of Jamaica ⓘ
representedByInJamaica Governor-General of Jamaica ⓘ
responsibility amending legislation ⓘ
enacting legislation ⓘ
repealing legislation ⓘ
supervises public expenditure scrutiny ⓘ
systemOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
typeOfStateStructure Westminster-style parliament ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Jamaica ⓘ
upperHouseMembersAre Senators ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
website https://www.japarliament.gov.jm/ ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Jamaica → legislature → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Senate of Jamaica → partOf → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
House of Representatives of Jamaica → partOf → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
House of Representatives of Jamaica → legislativeChamberOf → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Kingston → isSeatOf → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Andrew Holness → associatedWithOrganization → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Parliament of Jamaica → branchOfGovernment → Parliament of Jamaica self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Jamaica
Prime Minister of Jamaica → reportsTo → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Prime Minister of Jamaica → worksWith → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
King of Jamaica → associatedWith → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Jamaican Constitution of 1962 → createsBody → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Jamaica Labour Party → operatesIn → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Cabinet of Jamaica → responsibleTo → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition of Jamaica → locatedIn → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Gordon House → servesAsSeatOf → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Gordon House → operator → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Legislative Council of Jamaica → partOf → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Legislative Council of Jamaica → seeAlso → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Kingston Parish → hosts → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jamaican Parliament
Government of Jamaica → legislativeBranch → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Executive branch of Jamaica → accountableTo → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Executive branch of Jamaica → collectiveResponsibilityTo → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Executive branch of Jamaica → checksAndBalancesWith → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: legislative branch of Jamaica
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica → jurisdiction → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jamaica → associatedWith → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee of Jamaica → jurisdiction → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Judicature (Supreme Court) Act of Jamaica → enactedBy → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Coat of arms of Jamaica → usedBy → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Premier of Jamaica → legislativeBody → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee of Jamaica → jurisdiction → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Privy Council of Jamaica → relatedTo → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
Kingston, Jamaica → hasInstitution → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jamaican Parliament
House of Assembly of Jamaica → partOf → Parliament of Jamaica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Jamaica (colonial)