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Index Legal Secretary of Ceylon

The Legal Secretary of Ceylon, was an officer of state of the British Colonial Administration of Ceylon from 1931 to 1947, appointed from the Colonial Legal Service.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Attorney General of Sri Lanka, Attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka), British Ceylon, Chief Secretary of Ceylon, Colonial Service, Donoughmore Commission, Edward St John Jackson, Executive Council of Ceylon, Financial Secretary of Ceylon, Governors of British Ceylon, John Curtois Howard, John Harry Barclay Nihill, Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka), Public trustee, Robert Drayton, Soulbury Commission, Sri Lanka, State Council of Ceylon.

  2. Defunct government positions in Sri Lanka
  3. Law of Sri Lanka

Attorney General of Sri Lanka

The attorney general of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government's chief legal adviser, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.

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Attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka)

The Attorney General's Department is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka that supports the attorney general and his/her deputy the solicitor general. Legal Secretary of Ceylon and attorney General's Department (Sri Lanka) are law of Sri Lanka.

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British Ceylon

British Ceylon (Britānya Laṃkāva; Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai), officially British Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies from 1833 to 1931 and finally the Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies from 1931 to 1948, was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1796 and 4 February 1948.

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Chief Secretary of Ceylon

The chief secretary of Ceylon, was the chairman and one of three officers of state of the Board of Ministers of the State Council of Ceylon from 1932 to 1947. Legal Secretary of Ceylon and chief Secretary of Ceylon are Defunct government positions in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan history stubs.

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Colonial Service

The Colonial Service, also known as His/Her Majesty's Colonial Service and replaced in 1954 by Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), was the British government service that administered most of Britain's overseas possessions, under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Colonial Office in London.

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Donoughmore Commission

The Donoughmore Commission (DC) was responsible for the creation of the Donoughmore Constitution in effect between 1931 and 1947 in Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka).

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Edward St John Jackson

Sir Edward St John Jackson, (14 October 1886 – 29 August 1961) was a British colonial judge and administrator.

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Executive Council of Ceylon

The Executive Council of Ceylon was the executive council created in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon in March 1833.

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Financial Secretary of Ceylon

The Financial Secretary of Ceylon was an officer of the Ceylonese Government and member of the Board of Ministers. Legal Secretary of Ceylon and Financial Secretary of Ceylon are Defunct government positions in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan history stubs.

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Governors of British Ceylon

The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948.

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John Curtois Howard

Sir John Curtois Howard KC (15 January 1887 – 19 November 1970) was an English magistrate who was the 27th Chief Justice of Ceylon.

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John Harry Barclay Nihill

Sir John Harry Barclay Nihill, (27 July 1892 – December 1975) was a British lawyer and administrator who served throughout the British Empire.

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Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka)

The Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Public trustee

The public trustee is an office established pursuant to national (and, if applicable, state or territory) statute, to act as a trustee, usually when a sum is required to be deposited as security by legislation, if courts remove another trustee, or for estates if either no executor is named by will or the testator elects to name the public trustee.

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Robert Drayton

Sir Robert Harry Drayton (14 April 1892 - 20 February 1963), was a lawyer and a senior colonial civil servant who worked in Palestine, Tanganyika, Ceylon, Jamaica and Pakistan.

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Soulbury Commission

The Soulbury Commission (සෝල්බරි කොමිෂන් සභාව Solbari Komishan Sabhawa; சோல்பரி ஆணைக்குழு) was a prime instrument of constitutional reform in British Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) that succeeded the Donoughmore Commission.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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State Council of Ceylon

The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution.

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See also

Defunct government positions in Sri Lanka

Law of Sri Lanka

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Secretary_of_Ceylon