Race classification certificate issued in terms of the population registration act. The united states code is meant to be an organized, logical compilation of the laws passed by congress. This provided for the compilation of a register of the entire south african population dyzenhaus 1991. This article is within the scope of wikiproject south africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of south africa on wikipedia. 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. 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. Machinery regulation 1950 act legislation register. 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. Population registration act act no 30 of 1950 group areas act. 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. 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.
The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the union. Aug 29, 2018 classification of persons whose names are included in the register. South africas population registration act of 1950 a. The population registration act of 1950, which preceded both group areas and.
Lead by daniel francois malan the national party lead with stricted apartheid law. Background the population registration act of 1950. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Amendment of section 44 of land act, 1931, and section 47 of land act, 1939. South africas population registration act of 1950 created a racebased classification system. Definitions of population registration act, 1950, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of population registration act, 1950, analogical dictionary of population registration act, 1950 english.
The primary purpose of apartheid laws was to promote the superiority of whites and to establish and elevate the minority white regime. Population registration act south africa 19501991 britannica. Malan based his campaign off his hatred of nonwhites. The population registration act of 1950 was implemented on june 22,1950. Results by year key partial dataset 1948 1986 complete dataset 1987 present results grouped by 10 year periods data is ordered by. 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.
Legislative council abolition act 1950 no 3 as at 19 august. The first, associated with the green identity cards issued during the 1950s and. 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. 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. Key legislation in the formation of apartheid population registration act. The counts below reflect the number of documents on legislation. Certain classes of persons may be exempted from provisions of this act. Public trust registration act 1950 the bombay public trusts act, 1950 chapter i preliminary 1. Legislative council abolition act 1950 no 3 as at 19. South african population registration act of 1950 thoughtco. Population registration act act no 30 of 1950 group areas. Population registration act repeal act the repeal act. 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. Foreign economic assistance act of 1950 us law lii.
Limitation act 1950 no 65 as at 01 january 2011, public. 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. The south african population now became divided into three racial groups. This is shown by implementing an all white south african government, which was the first of its kind since the creation of south. Saver for application of section 37 of land act, 1933, and amendment of that. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the act as at 19 august 1950, as specified in. This is a reprint of the legislative council abolition act 1950. This law was passed in 1950, to define in no uncertain terms who belonged to a particular race. Authorised by the act parliamentary counselalso accessible at. The effect of the repeal of the population registration act on. Amendment and extension of section 39 of land act, 1923. Note changes authorised by section 17c of the acts and regulations publication act 1989 have been made in this eprint. In 1950 two key pieces of legislation, the population registration act and the group areas act were passed.
According to this act, urban areas were to be divided into racially segregated zones where members of one specific race alone. The population registration act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of south africa be classified and registered in accordance with his or her racial. 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. As a system, apartheid used longestablished race classifications to maintain the dominance of the colonial occupation of the country. 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. The population registration act made it so that south africans had to be identified and registered as belonging to one of four distinct racial. The arizona securities act was passed two years after its state securities commission, headed by future sec commissioner earl hastings, was founded. These required that people be strictly classified by racial group, and that those classification determine where they could live and. Population registration act, 1950 wikisource, the free online library. 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. 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. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. A suite of legislative laws was passed to accomplish this, including group areas act no. Population of selected counties and incorporated places.
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. The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the. Further amendment of section 44 of land act, 1931, and section 37 of land act, 1936. 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. 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. The formulation of the population registration act. 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. A required people to be identified and registered from birth as belonging to one of four distinct racial groups.
Limitation act 1950 no 65 as at 01 january 2011, public act. This act was more rigid than earlier race classification laws. State land disposal act 48 of 1961 minister of rural. The population registration act of 1950 was implemented on june 22, 1950. This act required that all south africans be classified according to racial characteristics. White, black african, native andor bantu and coloured. 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. Introduction the population registration act of 1950. 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. I think the correct answer from the choices is option b. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the projects importance scale.
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. If the authorities had doubt as to the color of a persons skin, they would resort to a pencil in hair test. A fourth categoryasian indian and pakistaniwas later added. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
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. All south african citizens were required to register according to racial characteristics. 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. Population registration act no 30 the omalley archives. The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection 3 of section one of the statistics act, 1914. Explanation of south african identity numbers in an. Other articles where population registration act is discussed. Voted into south african law in 1950, the population registration act, no.
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