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Provincial Council (other)
Provincial council may refer to: Government * Provincial councils of Sri Lanka, government bodies for the nine provinces of Sri Lanka * Greenland Provincial Council, former local government bodies in Greenland * Provincial Council (Italy), municipal legislative bodies in Italy * Provincial Councils of New Zealand, former governing bodies of the Provinces of New Zealand (1853–1876) * Provincial council (South Africa), a former governing body of each of the four South African provinces (1910–1986) * Provincial council (Spain) A Provincial Council (also sometimes translated literally as ''provincial deputation'', Spanish: ''diputación provincial'') is the administrator and governing body of a province of Spain. It is one of the entities that make up local government i ..., governing body for a Spanish province * Sangguniang Panlalawigan (literally "provincial council"; known in English as Provincial Board), legislatures of the provinces in the Philippines * Taiwan Provincia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provincial Councils Of Sri Lanka
Provincial governments of Sri Lanka are the devolved governments of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, provinces have legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services. The constitution also gives them powers over police and land but successive central governments have refused to devolve these powers to the provinces. Background The provinces were first established by the British rulers of Ceylon in 1833. Over the next century most of the administrative functions were transferred to the districts, the second level administrative division. By the middle of the 20th century the provinces had become merely ceremonial. This changed in 1987 during an attempt to end the Sri Lankan Civil War when the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987, following several decades of increasing demand for a decentralization. One of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |