The Constitutional Council
MS. 5474/8/3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
The Constitutional Council
Shelfmark
MS. 5474/8/3
Summary
Papers concerning the work of the Constitutional Council set up under the 1961 Constitution of Southern Rhodesia. Subjects include:
Folder 1:
Salisbury (African Townships) (Hire of Sports Grounds) By-laws, 1966
Comparisons with Britain, n.d. [1967-1968]
Service of Process and Execution of Judgments Bill, A.B. 25B of 1966
Aliens Bill, A.B. 41 of 1966
Emergency Powers (Control of Publications), 1966
Rural Councils Bill (A.B. 55B, 1966), 1966
Detainees and Restrictees - Right to Legal Advice and Representation, 1966
Roads and Road Traffic (Rules of the Road) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966 (No. 13), 1966
African Affairs Amendment Bill (A.B. 40A, 1966), 1966
Native Affairs Act (Chapter 72), 1963
Emergency Powers (Maintenance of Law and Order), 1966
Constitutional Council Staff: Conditions of Service, 1966
African Education (Registered Schools) Regulations, 1965
Folder 2:
Emergency Powers (Maintenance of Law and Order) (No.3) Regulations 1966 - (G.N. 564/66), 1966
Suppression of Communism Act, 1966
Constitutional Council Staff: Conditions of Service, 1966
Emergency Powers (Control of Publications) Regulations, 1966 (G.N. 61/66)
Constitutional Council. Notes on what it is, what position it occupies in the 1961 Constitution, its compositions and functions, n.d. [1966]
Hidden discrimination, 1965
Gatooma (Water) By-laws, 1965
Annual Report, 1965
Southern Rhodesia Act, 1965, Chapter 76
Burnside (Dogs) By-laws, n.d. [1965]
Gatooma (Water) By-laws, 1965
Folder 3:
Functions of Council, n.d. [1965]
Council's position as result of declaration of independence by Rhodesian Government, 1966
Southern Rhodesia (Revocation of Censorship) Order, 1965
Emergency Powers Act [Chapter 33], 1965 (G.N. 737J/65), 1965
Emergency Powers Act [Chapter 33], 1965 (G.N. 737K/65), 1965
Emergency Powers Act [Chapter 33], 1965 (G.N. 737D/65), 1965
Emergency Powers Act [Chapter 33], 1965 (G.N. 755/65), 1965
Dissolution of the Federation and Federal Legislature, 1963
Nationality and treason, 1965
Unilateral declaration of independence by Southern Rhodesia, 1965
Folder 4:
Discriminatory laws and hidden discrimination, 1965
Detention without trial, 1965
Declaration of Independence, 1965
Salaries and allowances of Council members, n.d. [1965]
Electoral Council, n.d. [1965]
Draft Constitution Amendment Act, 1966
Folder 5:
Local Government Areas General (Amendment) Regulations, 1965 (No. 6) (G.N. 252/65), 1965
Council communications with prospective candidates, 1965
Report on Public Health Act, 1965
Report on National Registration Act [Chapter 136], 1965
Constitutional changes required on independence, 1964
Report on Public Health Act [Chapter 167], 1965
Annual Report [proposed amendments], 1967
Date
1963-1968
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of Hardwicke Holderness
The Constitutional Council
The Constitutional Council
