Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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The Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was the foundational legal document that established and structured the short-lived mid-20th-century federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland under British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document
appliesTo Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
characteristic colonial-era constitution
federal
short-lived
colonialPower United Kingdom
country Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
createdBody Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
Federal government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
createdOffice Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
definedBranch executive branch of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
judicial branch of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
legislative branch of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
definedCapital Salisbury NERFINISHED
definedPoliticalStructure federal government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
definedStatusOf Northern Rhodesia as British protectorate within the federation
Nyasaland as British protectorate within the federation
Southern Rhodesia as self-governing colony within the federation
establishedFederationOf Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED
Nyasaland NERFINISHED
Southern Rhodesia NERFINISHED
federatedTerritories Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED
Nyasaland NERFINISHED
Southern Rhodesia NERFINISHED
governmentForm federal state
headOfState British monarch NERFINISHED
influencedBy Westminster system NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
language English
legalSystem British colonial law
politicalContext British colonial rule in Central Africa
purpose to allocate powers between federal and territorial governments
to establish the legal framework of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
region Central Africa
Southern Africa
relatedTo British Empire NERFINISHED
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Act NERFINISHED
representedMonarchBy Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland NERFINISHED
subjectOf constitutional history of Central Africa
successorEntities Malawi NERFINISHED
Rhodesia NERFINISHED
Zambia NERFINISHED
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland officeCreatedBy Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland