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Powers
of the States Government
The
exclusive executive and legislative powers of a
state of the Sudan shall be as follows:-
1.
The Constitution of the state, subject to compliance
with the National Constitution, and, as relevant,
the Constitution of Southern Sudan;
2.
State Police, prisons;
3.
Local Government;
4.
State information, state publications and state
media;
5.
Social Welfare including state pensions;
6.
The Civil Service at the state level;
7.
The State Judiciary and administration of justice
at state level including maintenance and organization
of state Courts, and subject to national norms and
standards, civil and criminal procedure;
8.
State Land and state Natural Resources;
9.
Cultural matters within the state;
10.
Regulation of religious matters;
11.
Internal and external borrowing of money on the
sole credit of the state within the National macro-economic
framework;
12.
The establishment, tenure, appointment, and payment
of state officers;
13.
The management, lease and utilization of lands belonging
to the state;
14.
The establishment, maintenance and management of
reformatory institutions;
15.
The establishment, regulation, and provision of
health care, including hospitals and other health
institutions;
16.
Regulation of businesses, trade licenses, working
conditions, hours, and holidays within the state;
17.
Local works and undertakings;
18.
Registration of marriage, divorce, inheritance,
births, deaths, adoption and affiliations;
19.
Enforcement of state laws;
20.
Statutes enacted under the penal law power, save
for the penalization for the breach of National
laws relating to the national competencies;
21.
The development, conservation and management of
state natural resources and state forestry resources;
22.
Primary and secondary schools and education administration
in regard thereto;
23.
Laws in relation to agriculture within the state;
24.
Airstrips other than international and national
airports within civil aviation regulations;
25.
Intrastate public transport and roads;
26.
Population policy and family planning;
27.
Pollution control;
28.
State statistics, and state surveys;
29.
State referenda;
30.
Charities and endowment;
31.
Quarrying regulations;
32.
Town and rural planning;
33.
State cultural and heritage sites, state libraries,
state museums, and other historical sites;
34.
Traditional and customary law;
35. State finances;
36. State irrigation and embankments;
37. State Budget;
38. State archives, antiquities,
and monuments;
39. Direct and indirect taxation
within the state in order to raise revenue for the
state;
40. State public utilities;
41. Vehicle licensing;
42. Fire fighting and ambulance
services;
43. Recreation and sport within
the state;
44. Firearms Licenses; and
45. Flag and emblem of the state.
Source:
Schedule B of the Interim Constitution of Southern
Sudan.
Related
Links:
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National Powers
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Powers of the Government of Southern Sudan
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Concurrent Powers
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Residual Powers
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Resolution of Conflicts in Respect of Concurrent
Powers
Updated:
13/10/2006
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