South africas population registration act of 1950 created a racebased classification system. The south african population now became divided into three racial groups. He spoke specifically on the occasion of the repeal of the population registration act, which had required all births in south africa to be classified by race. Limitation act 1950 no 65 as at 01 january 2011, public. This is shown by implementing an all white south african government, which was the first of its kind since the creation of south.
Key legislation in the formation of apartheid population registration act. This law was passed in 1950, to define in no uncertain terms who belonged to a particular race. This article is within the scope of wikiproject south africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of south africa on wikipedia. A fourth categoryasian indian and pakistaniwas later added. Population registration act act no 30 of 1950 group areas. This act was more rigid than earlier race classification laws. Legislative council abolition act 1950 no 3 as at 19. The population registration act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of south africa be classified and registered in accordance with his or her racial.
Results by year key partial dataset 1948 1986 complete dataset 1987 present results grouped by 10 year periods data is ordered by. White, black african, native andor bantu and coloured. The population registration act of 1950, which preceded both group areas and. Population registration act south africa 19501991 britannica. As a system, apartheid used longestablished race classifications to maintain the dominance of the colonial occupation of the country. The population registration act and popular understandings of race.
Aug 29, 2018 b the council shall advise the minister in regard to any matter connected with this act or the population registration act, 1950, and may from time to time make or cause to be made by a person authorized thereto by the council such inspections of the population register compiled and maintained under the lastmentioned act as it may deem fit. In 1950 two key pieces of legislation, the population registration act and the group areas act were passed. Amendment of section 44 of land act, 1931, and section 47 of land act, 1939. Aug 29, 2018 classification of persons whose names are included in the register. Machinery regulation 1950 act legislation register. Act to amend the immorality act, 1927, so as to prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between europeans and noneuropeans, and to provide for matters incidental thereto. Authorised by the act parliamentary counselalso accessible at. The group areas act has been called one of the four pillars of apartheid, along with the prohibition of mixed marriages act, the immorality amendment act, and the population registration act.
Race was defined by physical appearance and the act required people to be identified and registered from birth as belonging to one of four distinct racial groups. Malan based his campaign off his hatred of nonwhites. The population registration act of 1950 was implemented on june 22,1950. The united states code is meant to be an organized, logical compilation of the laws passed by congress. This is a republication of the machinery regulation 1950, made under the machinery act 1949 including any amendment made under the legislation act 2001, part 11. Limitation act 1950 no 65 as at 01 january 2011, public act. Population registration act, act no 30 of 1950 group areas act, act no 41 of 1950 suppression of communism act, act no 44 of 1950 bantu building workers act, act no 27 of 1951 separate representation of voters act, act no 46 of 1951 prevention of illegal squatting act, act no 52 of 1951 bantu authorities act, act no 68 of 1951 natives laws amendment act of 1952. The first, associated with the green identity cards issued during the 1950s and. Note changes authorised by section 17c of the acts and regulations publication act 1989 have been made in this eprint. The population registration act no 30 of 1950 commenced 7 july required people to be identified and registered from birth as one of four distinct racial groups. The primary purpose of apartheid laws was to promote the superiority of whites and to establish and elevate the minority white regime. This article is within the scope of wikiproject law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, panjurisdictional and uptodate resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it.
Saver for application of section 37 of land act, 1933, and amendment of that. The preamble of the 1966 group areas act explains that it was enacted to provide for the establishment of group areas, for the control of the acquisition of. Population registration act repeal act the repeal act. The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the union. Download table of contents pdf population registration act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of south africa be classified and registered in accordance with his or her racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid. The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the. A case study of sydenham vashna jagarnath, june 2005 this paper seeks to build on deborah posels1 analysis of the social impact of the population registration act by adding a more socially based history that takes into.
The population registration act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of south africa be classified and registered in accordance with his or her racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid. South africas population registration act of 1950 a. Disposal of state land in foreshore, cape town 1 land vesting in the state under section 19 2 of the cape town foreshore act, 1950 act no. Lead by daniel francois malan the national party lead with stricted apartheid law. This is a reprint of the legislative council abolition act 1950.
If the authorities had doubt as to the color of a persons skin, they would resort to a pencil in hair test. The population registration act made it so that south africans had to be identified and registered as belonging to one of four distinct racial. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Race classification certificate issued in terms of the population registration act. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the projects importance scale. Other articles where population registration act is discussed. At its top level, it divides the world of legislation into fifty topicallyorganized titles, and each title is further subdivided into any number of logical subtopics. Introduction the population registration act of 1950. The population registration act of 1950 was implemented on june 22, 1950. The act was in response to the 1940s mining frauds perpetrated by constantino riccardi, and among the first state laws to explicitly coordinate with the u. Further amendment of section 44 of land act, 1931, and section 37 of land act, 1936. The counts below reflect the number of documents on legislation. Population registration bill, 8 march 19501 centralised population registration was the bureaucratic cornerstone of the apartheid state, the lynchpin of the group areas act, and of the dompas reference book. This provided for the compilation of a register of the entire south african population dyzenhaus 1991.
This act required that all south africans be classified according to racial characteristics. The formulation of the population registration act. Amendment and extension of section 39 of land act, 1923. Legislative council abolition act 1950 no 3 as at 19 august. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. According to this act, urban areas were to be divided into racially segregated zones where members of one specific race alone. The effect of the repeal of the population registration act on. Background the population registration act of 1950. The arizona securities act was passed two years after its state securities commission, headed by future sec commissioner earl hastings, was founded. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the act as at 19 august 1950, as specified in. State land disposal act 48 of 1961 minister of rural. An adult has the right to access all uptodate data concerning themselves, their minor children and persons under their guardianship as well as their deceased spouse and listed in subsection 1 of section 20 of the population register act except for the data used for the maintenance of the population register softwarerelated and classifier. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Voted into south african law in 1950, the population registration act, no. The omalley archives is the product of almost two decades of research and includes analyses, chronologies, historical documents, and interviews from the apartheid and postapartheid eras. Certain classes of persons may be exempted from provisions of this act. The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection 3 of section one of the statistics act, 1914. This act shall not apply except insofar as it relates to any auxiliary or nursing service established under this act, to females or persons who are not white persons as defined in section 1 of the population registration act, 1950 act no. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the act as at 19 august 1950, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes. Explanation of south african identity numbers in an. All south african citizens were required to register according to racial characteristics. Population registration act act no 30 of 1950 group areas act. The population registration act of 1950 affected the rights of specific racial groups living in south africa during the apartheid era because this act was the foundation for future laws and other government actions that only affected certain racial groups, whose members were classified by the population registration act of 1950. I think the correct answer from the choices is option b.
Population registration act no 30 the omalley archives. A suite of legislative laws was passed to accomplish this, including group areas act no. Population registration act, 1950 wikisource, the free online library. A required people to be identified and registered from birth as belonging to one of four distinct racial groups. South african population registration act of 1950 thoughtco. According to this act, urban areas were to be divided into racially segregated zones where members of one specific race alone could live and work thompson 1990.
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