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
characteristic colonial-era constitution
federal
short-lived
colonialPower United Kingdom
country Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
createdBody Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Federal government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
createdOffice Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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
definedPoliticalStructure federal government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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
Nyasaland
Southern Rhodesia
linked to: Rhodesia
federatedTerritories Northern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Southern Rhodesia
linked to: Rhodesia
governmentForm federal state
headOfState British monarch
influencedBy Westminster system
jurisdiction Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Act
representedMonarchBy Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
subjectOf constitutional history of Central Africa
successorEntities Malawi
Rhodesia
Zambia
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
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland legalBasis Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation Act 1953
subject linked to: CAF
linked to: Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland establishedBy Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
subject linked to: Federal Assembly
Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland relatedTo Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Act
linked to: Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Federal Assembly of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland establishedBy Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Southern Rhodesia Constitution relatedTo Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Constitution
linked to: Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland