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The constitution which came into effect on 4 February 1948 when Sri Lanka became an independent sovereign state was no more than the Soulbury constitution of 1946 with certain consequential changes. The latter in turn was, with a number of not unimportant modifications, based on the Draft Scheme of 1944 framed by the Ceylonese board of ministers functioning under the Donoughmore constitution (Sessional Paper XIV of 1944).
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See J. L. Fernando, Three Prime Ministers of Ceylon-An ‘Inside Story’ (Colombo, 1963), pp. 39–40.
For a critical assessment of this action see S. A. de Smith, The New Commonwealth and its Constitutions (London, 1964), pp. 84–5.
See Sir John Kotelawala, An Asian Prime Minister’s Story (London, 1956), p. 130.
See W. A. Wiswa Warnapala, ‘Peoples Committees in Sri Lanka: An Experiment in Popular Participation’, Journal of Administration Overseas, Vol. XV, No. 2 (April, 1976), pp. 68–76.
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Wilson, A.J. (1979). Constitution and Government. In: Politics in Sri Lanka, 1947–1979. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17718-9_5
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