13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka

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constitutional amendment legal instrument

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka is a landmark constitutional reform enacted in 1987 that introduced provincial councils and devolved certain powers from the central government to the provinces as part of efforts to address ethnic conflict and promote regional autonomy.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional amendment ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
affects central–provincial relations in Sri Lanka ⓘ
governance of Eastern Province ⓘ
governance of Northern Province ⓘ
aimsTo accommodate ethnic pluralism ⓘ
reduce centralization of power ⓘ
constitutionalStatus part of supreme law of Sri Lanka ⓘ
controversy extent of devolution ⓘ
implementation of land powers ⓘ
implementation of police powers ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
createdInstitution Provincial Councils NERFINISHED ⓘ
enactedInYear 1987 ⓘ
establishedTier provincial level of government ⓘ
governanceLevel subnational ⓘ
grantsPowerTo Provincial Councils NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLongTermDebateOn full implementation ⓘ
repeal or replacement ⓘ
impact institutionalized devolution framework ⓘ
shaped post-1987 political discourse in Sri Lanka ⓘ
influencedBy Indo-Lanka Accord NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy Government of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalEffect altered unitary structure of the state ⓘ
established provincial council system ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext Sri Lankan Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka ⓘ
purpose addressing grievances of Tamil minority ⓘ
devolution of power ⓘ
promotion of regional autonomy ⓘ
recognizedAs landmark constitutional reform in Sri Lanka ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Indo-Lanka Accord NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter distribution of executive powers ⓘ
distribution of legislative powers ⓘ
language policy ⓘ
local governance ⓘ
minority rights ⓘ
typeOfReform devolution reform ⓘ
power-sharing arrangement ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka → amendedBy → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Southern Provincial Council → appliesLegalFramework → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Eastern Provincial Council → establishedBy → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Northern Provincial Council → establishedUnder → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Chief Minister of Northern Province → hasConstitutingInstrument → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Chief Minister of Eastern Province → legalBasis → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Governor of Southern Province → legalBasis → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Provincial Council of Central Province → legalBasis → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Chief Minister of Eastern Province → officeCreatedBy → 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ