House_of_Representatives_of_Belize

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component_of_parliament legislative_body lower_house

The House of Representatives of Belize is the lower chamber of the country’s bicameral National Assembly, composed of elected members who legislate and represent constituencies.

Aliases (1)

House of Representatives of Belize ×5

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component_of_parliament → legislative_body → lower_house →
budgetaryPower	control_over_public_finances →
canBeDissolvedBy	Governor_General_of_Belize →
chamberOf	National_Assembly_of_Belize →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution_of_Belize →
constitutionalStatus	supreme_legislative_body_together_with_Senate →
country	Belize NERFINISHED →
electoralCycle	general_elections_every_5_years_or_earlier →
electoralUnit	single_member_constituencies →
elects	Prime_Minister_of_Belize → Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Belize →
establishedInYear	1981 →
governmentSystemContext	Westminster_parliamentary_system →
hasAuthorityOver	national_legislation →
hasChamber	Senate_of_Belize →
hasPower	amend_bills → initiate_bills → reject_bills →
hasSession	parliamentary_session →
headedBy	Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Belize →
isChamber	lower_chamber →
jurisdiction	Belize NERFINISHED →
languageUsed	English →
legislativeBranchOf	Government_of_Belize →
locatedIn	Belmopan →
meetingPlace	National_Assembly_Building →
meetsIn	Belmopan →
meetsInBuilding	National_Assembly_Building_Belmopan →
membersTitle	Area_Representative →
numberOfMembers	31 →
oversightMechanism	committees → parliamentary_questions →
partOf	National_Assembly_of_Belize →
passes	Acts_of_Parliament_of_Belize →
precededBy	Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Honduras →
primaryFunction	lawmaking → representation_of_constituencies →
relationToMonarch	advises_Governor_General_as_representative_of_monarch →
responsibleFor	approving_national_budget → passing_legislation → scrutinizing_executive →
supervises	Executive_branch_of_Belize →
termLength	5_years →
typeOfLegislature	bicameral_component →
votingSystem	first_past_the_post →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Belize ("House of Representatives of Belize") → National Assembly of Belize ("House of Representatives of Belize") →	lowerHouse
Acts_of_Parliament_of_Belize ("House of Representatives of Belize") →	enactedBy
National Assembly of Belize ("House of Representatives of Belize") →	hasChamber
National Assembly of Belize ("House of Representatives of Belize") →	hasComponent
Senate_of_Belize →	hasCounterpartChamber
Queen of Belize →	parliamentComponents