Federal Parliament

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bicameral legislature legislature parliament

The Federal Parliament was the central legislative body of the short-lived West Indies Federation, responsible for making laws for the union of British Caribbean territories between 1958 and 1962.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → legislature → parliament →
appliesToJurisdiction	West Indies Federation → surface form: "British Caribbean territories of the West Indies Federation" West Indies Federation →
composition	elected representatives and appointed senators →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the West Indies Federation →
continent	North America →
country	West Indies Federation →
countryCapitalSeat	Port of Spain →
dissolutionCause	subsequent withdrawal of Trinidad and Tobago → withdrawal of Jamaica from the West Indies Federation →
dissolved	1962 →
endTime	1962 →
establishedBy	British Caribbean Federation Act 1956 →
governmentForm	federal parliamentary system →
hasAuthorityOver	federal subjects of the West Indies Federation →
hasChamber	House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation → Senate of the West Indies Federation →
hasPart	House of Representatives of the West Indies Federation → Senate of the West Indies Federation →
historicalEra	decolonisation of the Caribbean →
inception	1958 →
jurisdiction	federal matters of the West Indies Federation →
languageOfWork	English →
legalSystem	common law →
legislativeBodyFor	West Indies Federation →
legislativeFunction	approve federal budget → debate federal policy → enact federal laws →
legislativePeriod	1958–1962 →
locatedIn	Port of Spain →
locatedInTimeZone	Atlantic Time Zone →
meetsIn	Port of Spain →
partOf	West Indies Federation → surface form: "government of the West Indies Federation"
politicalIdeologyContext	Caribbean regionalism →
reasonForAbolition	dissolution of the West Indies Federation →
regionServed	Caribbean →
replaced	colonial legislative councils of the British Caribbean territories →
replacedBy	national parliaments of the successor states →
scope	central legislative body of the West Indies Federation →
seat	Port of Spain →
shortName	Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation →
significantEvent	final session in 1962 → first meeting in 1958 →
startTime	1958 →
subclassOf	federal parliament →
temporalCoverage	20th century →

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

West Indies Federation → legislature → Federal Parliament →