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. Lead by daniel francois malan the national party lead with stricted apartheid law. Overpopulation and natures regulation time frames and. It was one of the foundations of legislative apartheid, with all the subsequent segregation legislation being based on the classification it established. I have been requested to give an opinion on the effect of the repeal of the population registration act on the conscription provisions of the defence act. Population registration is of major importance to the individual. Act to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the union. Subordinate legislation committee on 10 january 2012 and 24 january 2012. The provisions were further reinforced by section 24 of the third schedule of the 1999.
The protection of data shall be monitored by the data protection inspectorate and the ministry of the interior as the authorised administrator. The suppression of communism act 1950 defined communism and its aims broadly to include any opposition to the read more. Subordinate legislation committee 4th report, 2012 session 4. Each south african was issued an id card with a photograph of them, the year they were born and their race. 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 story subtitle or summary the population registration act was established in 1950 in south africa under the apartheid government. Aug 29, 2018 classification of persons whose names are included in the register. Registration reform act or the chargemortgage in electronic format as provided by part iii of the land registration reform act and includes all schedules and addenda to such document and any renewals, extensions and amendments and includes these standard charge terms. Population registration act, 1950 wikisource, the free.
Voted into south african law in 1950, the population registration act, no. The law gave the sole authority to register these events nationwide to the national population commission. This act may be cited as the nongovernmental organisations registration amendment act, 2006. Racial categorisations under apartheid and their afterlife pdf. The population registration act of 1950 was implemented on june 22,1950. Malan based his campaign off his hatred of nonwhites. The population registration act 1950 classified every south african by race. The particulars required for the compilation of the register in respect of the population of the union as at the fixed date shall be extracted by the director from the forms and returns received by him under the census act, 1910 act no. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date.
An act of parliament to revise, consolidate and rationalize the registration of titles to land, to give effect to the principles and objects of devolved government in land registration, and for connected purposes part i preliminary 1. Population registration act population registration act and. The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the union. The population registration act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of south africa be. 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. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. The act was used to distinguish each person by their race. 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. 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 prohibition of mixed marriages act 1949 and the immorality act 1950 prohibited interracial marriage or sex. Centralised population registration was the bureaucratic cornerstone of the apartheid state, the lynchpin of the group areas act, and of the dompas reference book. The national identification register, records relating to the registration of citizens and aliens, national identification cards, alien identification cards and related documents granted under the acts repealed by this act or under any law in force prior to the coming into force of this act, and which is valid immediately before the coming into. Land registration act northern ireland 1970, schedule 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 12 april 2020.
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. 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. Population registration act, 1950 wikisource, the free online library. National register of indian citizen 2011 census of india. The immorality amendment act of 1950 made it a crime for a white person to have sex with someone from another race. Population registration act south africa 19501991 britannica. Overpopulation and natures regulation e arly in the priestwritten book of genesis 1. Many situations require a person to provide proof of his or her name or marital status and this can be done by means of an extract from the population registers.
Under the prohibition of mixed marriages act of 1949, it was illegal for a white person to marry someone of another race. The use of information in the population register shall be guided by the provisions of the population register act and the personal data protection act. Population registration act repeal act south african government. Those changes will be listed when you open the content using the table of contents below.
All south african citizens were required to register according to racial characteristics. The act divided south africans at birth into four racial categoriesblack, white, coloured mixed race, and asianthough these classifications were largely. This act provides for the composition of data in the population register and the. To do that, it is necessary to consider the effect of the provisions of the repeal act on section 21 b of the defence act. Key legislation in the formation of apartheid population registration act. The registration act, 1908 act 16 of 19081 as applicable in uttarakhand 1 8th december 1908 an act to consolidate the enactments relating to the registration of documents whereas it is expedient to consolidate the enactments relating to the registration of documents. South african population registration act of 1950 thoughtco. The population registration act of 1950, which preceded both group areas and the bewysburo bureau of proof, required every south african to secure an. Background the population registration act of 1950. The population registration act and popular understandings of race. Powers and duties of directorgeneral 1 subject to the provisions of the act, the directorgeneral shall.
Population registration act repeal act the repeal act. To provide for the amendment of the law relating to intestate succession. There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation. Registration of persons act, 2015 uganda legal information.