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Colonial Office: Commission on the Constitution of Mauritius (Banwell Commission,...
Catalogue reference: CO 961
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CO 961
This series contains papers of the Commission on the Constitution of Mauritius consisting of minutes, circulated papers, submissions, memoranda and accounts of three public hearings on Jan. 10, 11 and 12, 1966.
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CO 961
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Commission on the Constitution of Mauritius (Banwell Commission, 1965 to 1966)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1965-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers of the Commission on the Constitution of Mauritius consisting of minutes, circulated papers, submissions, memoranda and accounts of three public hearings on Jan. 10, 11 and 12, 1966.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Commission on the Constitution of Mauritius, 1965-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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49 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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- Topics
- International
- Africa
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Commission was appointed on Dec. 30, 1965, under the chairmanship of G.A.Banwell, to make recommendations to the Secretary of State on:- (i) the electoral system and the method of allocating seats in the Legislature, most appropriate for Mauritius(ii) the boundaries of electoral constituencies The Commission was to be guided by the following principles:- a) The system should be based primarily on multi-member constituenciesb) Voters should be registered on a common roll; there should be no communal electoral rollsc) The system should give the main sections of the population an opportunity of securing fair representation of their interests, if necessary by the reservation of seats.d) No encouragement should be afforded to the multiplication of small partiese) There should be no provision for the nomination of members to seats in the Legislaturef) Provision should be made for the representation of Rodrigues
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The report of the Commission was published as Col 362.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5150/
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Colonial Office: Commission on the Constitution of Mauritius (Banwell Commission, 1965 to 1966)
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