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The Constitution of the Republic of Mauritius (French: La Constitution de Maurice) is the supreme law of Mauritius, according to Chapter I, Section 2 of the constitution, if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution, that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void. The current Constitution was adopted in 1968.
The British colony of Mauritius received a new constitution by letters patent on 16 September 1885. It established a Council of Government of 27 members: eight ex officio members, nine appointed by the governor (at least three of which could not be officials), and ten elected (one per district, but two from Port Louis). [1]
Elections in August 1948 for the newly created Legislative Council (under the revised 1947 Constitution) marked Mauritius's first steps toward self-rule. [27] It was the first time that women were represented and a significant number of Indo-Mauritians and Creoles were elected.
General elections were held for the first time in Mauritius between 11 and 20 January 1886. [1] They followed the introduction of a new constitution the previous year. The Democrats and Reformists (also known as the Oligarchs) each won five of the ten elected seats.
Politics of Mauritius (French: Politique à Maurice) takes place in a framework of a parliamentary democracy. The separation of powers is among the three branches of the Government of Mauritius , namely the legislative , the executive and the Judiciary , is embedded in the Constitution of Mauritius .
The constitution of Mauritius is written in English, while some laws, such as the Civil and Criminal codes, are in French. The Mauritian currency features the Latin , Tamil and Devanagari scripts. The Mauritian population is multilingual ; while Mauritian Creole is the mother tongue of most Mauritians, most people are also fluent in English and ...
The Mauritius (Constitution) Order in Council 1958 provided for a Legislative Council with 40 members elected from single-member constituencies. Voters had to be aged 21 or over. [ 1 ] A total of 208,684 people were registered to vote, of which 122,310 were non-Muslim Indo-Mauritians, 32,866 were Muslim Indo-Mauritians, 50,381 were general ...
The monarch's constitutional roles in Mauritius were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Mauritius. Queen's Personal Mauritian Flag. Elizabeth II visited Mauritius 24–26 March 1972. [1] In 1975, a series of student protests turned violent. [2] The Republic of Mauritius was proclaimed on 12 March 1992.