The Chiefs Courts Ordinance was a law in the

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

, passed by the Anglo-Egyptian colonial authorities in 1931.Collins, Robert O.
Civil Wars and Revolution in the Sudan: Essays on the Sudan, Southern Sudan and Darfur 1962-2004
'. Hollywood: Tsehai Publishers, 2005. p. 188 The law conveyed judicial and political powers to government-recognized chiefs in the southern areas of the country. The chief were, through this law, charged with tax collection, overseeing infrastructure constructions and administering native areas' of towns and given the authority to issue punishments upon the local population. Through this law, and the corresponding

Native Courts Ordinance The Native Courts Ordinance was a law in the Sudan, passed by the Anglo-Egyptian colonial authorities in 1932.University of London. Journal of African Law'. London: Butterworth & Co, 1978. p. 53 The law conveyed judicial and political powers to gov ...

for the northern parts of the Sudan, introduced what would be termed the 'Native Administration' by the British colonial system.Ryle, John.
The Sudan Handbook
'. Suffolk: James Currey Ltd, 2011. p. 111

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