Legislative Assembly

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The Legislative Assembly is the unicameral national parliament of Costa Rica responsible for creating and approving the country’s laws.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Assembly canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Costa Rica ⓘ
budgetaryPower approval of national budget ⓘ
canAmend Constitution of Costa Rica (under specific procedures) NERFINISHED ⓘ
canApprove international treaties ⓘ
canBeConvenedFor extraordinary sessions ⓘ
canCensure ministers of government ⓘ
canGrant amnesties ⓘ
canInitiate legislative bills ⓘ
canRatify appointments to certain public offices ⓘ
capitalOfCountry San José NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalRole exercise of legislative power ⓘ
country Costa Rica ⓘ
electoralDistricts 7 provinces of Costa Rica ⓘ
elects its president from among the deputies ⓘ
its vice presidents from among the deputies ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInYear 1949 ⓘ
governsForPopulation citizens of Costa Rica ⓘ
hasCommittee special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle President of the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 57 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.asamblea.go.cr/ ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Republic of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn San José NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCanton San José canton NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Carmen district NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProvince San José Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn Edificio de la Asamblea Legislativa ⓘ
meetsInCountry Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsRegularly during ordinary sessions ⓘ
memberTitle deputy ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
officialNameInSpanish Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversightFunction control of the executive branch ⓘ
primaryFunction amendment of existing laws ⓘ
approval of national laws ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
replaced Congress of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
sessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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

Government of Costa Rica → legislatureName → Legislative Assembly ⓘ