State Council of Ceylon

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colonial government institution executive body legislative body

The State Council of Ceylon was a semi-legislative, semi-executive body established under British colonial rule that served as the main governing institution of Ceylon before independence.

Aliases (1)

State Council of Ceylon (as previous legislature) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial government institution → executive body → legislative body →
appliesToJurisdiction	Ceylon → Crown colony of Ceylon →
capital	Colombo →
country	Ceylon →
dissolved	1947 →
electoralSystem	single-member constituencies → territorial representation →
followedBy	Parliament of Ceylon →
hasPart	Board of Ministers → Clerk of the State Council → Deputy Speaker of the State Council → Executive Committee of Agriculture and Lands → Executive Committee of Communications and Works → Executive Committee of Education → Executive Committee of Finance → Executive Committee of Health → Executive Committee of Home Affairs → Executive Committee of Industries → Executive Committee of Labour, Industry and Commerce → Executive Committee of Local Administration → Executive Committee of State Council Affairs → Public Service Commission → Speaker of the State Council →
hasRole	semi-executive body → semi-legislative body →
inception	1931 →
languageOfWork	English → Sinhala → Tamil →
legalBasis	Ceylon (State Council) Order in Council 1931 → Donoughmore Constitution →
legislativeBodyFor	Crown colony of Ceylon →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	British Ceylon → Ceylon →
meetingPlace	Parliament Building, Colombo →
numberOfMembers	58 → 61 →
partOf	Government of British Ceylon →
precededBy	Legislative Council of Ceylon →
replacedBy	Parliament of Ceylon →
replaces	Legislative Council of Ceylon →
seat	Parliament Building, Colombo →
significantEvent	first election under universal suffrage in Ceylon in 1931 → introduction of universal adult franchise in Ceylon →
subordinateTo	British colonial administration →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
D. S. Senanayake → S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike →	memberOf
British Ceylon →	legislature
Senate of Ceylon ("State Council of Ceylon (as previous legislature)") →	precededBy
Parliament of Ceylon →	replaced
Legislative Council of Ceylon →	replacedBy