Grenada Constitution Order 1973

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Order in Council constitutional instrument legal document

The Grenada Constitution Order 1973 is the legal instrument that brought into force Grenada’s modern constitution and framework of government in preparation for its independence from British colonial rule.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Grenada	16
Grenada Constitution Order 1973 canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Order in Council ⓘ constitutional instrument ⓘ legal document ⓘ
appliesTo	citizens of Grenada ⓘ institutions of government of Grenada ⓘ
category	Grenadian constitutional law ⓘ Orders of Council ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Orders in Council independence constitutions of former British colonies ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	supreme law of Grenada (through the Constitution it brings into force) ⓘ
country	Grenada ⓘ
defines	constitutional offices in Grenada ⓘ distribution of powers between branches of government in Grenada ⓘ procedures for making laws in Grenada ⓘ provisions for amendment of the Constitution of Grenada ⓘ structure of government of Grenada ⓘ
enablingAuthority	Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
establishes	Grenada as a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth at independence ⓘ
historicalContext	decolonisation of the British West Indies ⓘ transition from British colony to independent state ⓘ
inspiredBy	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Westminster system of parliamentary democracy
jurisdiction	Grenada ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	Order in Council made under the West Indies Act 1962 ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
partOf	constitutional law of Grenada ⓘ constitutional law of the Commonwealth Caribbean ⓘ
purpose	to bring into force the Constitution of Grenada ⓘ to establish the framework of government for Grenada ⓘ to prepare Grenada for independence from British colonial rule ⓘ
recognises	monarch of the United Kingdom as head of state of Grenada at independence ⓘ
relatedTo	British colonial rule in Grenada ⓘ Grenada Constitution Order 1973 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Grenada independence of Grenada ⓘ
subjectMatter	House of Representatives of Grenada ⓘ Senate of Grenada ⓘ courts of Grenada ⓘ establishment of executive branch of Grenada ⓘ establishment of judicial branch of Grenada ⓘ establishment of legislative branch of Grenada ⓘ fundamental rights and freedoms in Grenada ⓘ office of Governor-General of Grenada ⓘ office of Prime Minister of Grenada ⓘ public service of Grenada ⓘ