Passbook

Apartheid Laws

  • Black Land Act No. 27

    Black Land Act No. 27
    prevented blacks from owning or renting land apart from their designated reserves
  • Admission of Persons to the Union regulation Act No.22

    Admission of Persons to the Union regulation Act No.22
    required colored people to obtain permission to travel from one province to another
  • Immorality Act No. 5

    Immorality Act No. 5
    relations outside or marriage that are interracial and involved intercourse are prohibited
  • Blacks (Abolition of passes and co-ordination of documents) Act No. 67

    Blacks (Abolition of passes and co-ordination of documents) Act No. 67
    The confusion of passes between provinces was solved by this act. It made passbooks required everywhere.
  • Group Area Act No. 36

    Group Area Act No. 36
    This Act was to separate the races even further. Creating certain areas for each race. It was not a discriminatory legislation but the was it was carried out proved it to be advantageous to whites
  • Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No. 21

    Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No. 21
    Acting further on the Immorality act. Blacks and whites are now no longer able to have relations even marital status.
  • Admissions of Persons According to the Republic Regulation Act No. 59

    Admissions of Persons According to the Republic Regulation Act No. 59
    consolidated the laws preventing people permission into the republic or any its provinces
  • Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No. 108

    Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No. 108
    Repeals the Black Land Act of 1913 and promotes desegregation of the country. Allowing people to leave the "homelands".
  • Births and Deaths Registration Act No. 51

    Births and Deaths Registration Act No. 51
    Allowed the births and deaths of blacks to be recorded in government files.
  • South African Citizenship Act No. 88

    South African Citizenship Act No. 88
    Provides Citizenship to Blacks.