Southern Provincial Council

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The Southern Provincial Council is the elected governing body responsible for administering provincial affairs and devolved powers in Sri Lanka’s Southern Province.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Provincial council ⓘ
Subnational legislature ⓘ
administers Devolved subjects listed in the Provincial Council List ⓘ
appliesLegalFramework 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Provincial Councils Act, No. 42 of 1987 ⓘ
cooperatesWith Central government ministries of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Other provincial councils of Sri Lanka ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
electorateType Directly elected body ⓘ
governmentType Provincial government ⓘ
governs Southern Province ⓘ
hasBudgetSource Grants from central government ⓘ
Provincial revenue ⓘ
hasCeremonialHeadTitle Governor of Southern Province ⓘ
hasDevolvedPowersFrom Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasExecutiveHeadTitle Chief Minister of Southern Province ⓘ
hasFunction Enactment of provincial statutes ⓘ
Formulation of provincial policies ⓘ
Management of provincial budget ⓘ
Oversight of provincial executive ⓘ
hasLevelOfGovernment Second-tier government ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
hasPower To approve provincial development plans ⓘ
To oversee provincial public service ⓘ
To pass statutes on devolved subjects ⓘ
hasSessionType Plenary sessions of the council ⓘ
hasVotingSystem Proportional representation ⓘ
jurisdiction Southern Province ⓘ
legislativeBodyType Unicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Province ⓘ
meetsIn Southern Province Council complex (provincial capital area) ⓘ
partOf Devolved governance structure of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Provincial council system of Sri Lanka ⓘ
represents Residents of Southern Province ⓘ
responsibleFor Local government supervision within the province ⓘ
Provincial administration ⓘ
Provincial agriculture (devolved subjects) ⓘ
Provincial education (devolved subjects) ⓘ
Provincial health services (devolved subjects) ⓘ
Provincial roads and transport (devolved subjects) ⓘ
subdivisionOf Unitary state of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
subjectTo Constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
usesWorkingLanguage English ⓘ

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

Southern Province, Sri Lanka → hasLegislature → Southern Provincial Council ⓘ
Governor of Southern Province → hasAuthorityOver → Southern Provincial Council (in specified constitutional matters) ⓘ
linked to: Southern Provincial Council
provincial councils of Sri Lanka → hasPart → Southern Provincial Council ⓘ
Board of Ministers of Southern Province → governs → Southern Provincial Council ⓘ
Board of Ministers of Southern Province → accountableTo → Southern Provincial Council ⓘ