Record groups of Department of Nationa Archives

First-Delimitation Commission

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

First-Delimitation Commission

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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1946

History

This commission was appointed 24th May 1946 by the Governor to consider the following proposals. That each province of the island be divided into electoral districts. That each electoral district of a province subject to a provisory; to transport, creating electoral districts returning two or more members, Dividing a province as to render possible the representation of minorities united by the tie of culture, religion, or by any other tie. The Commissioners were L.M.De Silva (chairman), N.Nadaraja, H.E.Janze, E.R.Sudbury, R.L.Brohier (Secretary), The report of the commission was published as Sessional Paper No. 13 of 1946.

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Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

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Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Control area

Description identifier

LK-NA/CMCBC

Institution identifier

LK-NA

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

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