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Designated areas were assigned to native South Africans. Black Africans were prohibited from owning or renting land outside of these areas, which accounted for around 7% of the total land.
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Blacks were prohibited from creating and participating in unions. Job reservation for whites was legal.
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Sexual intercourse between blacks and whites was made illegal. This law did not include other races.
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Black voters in Cape were removed from the "common roll" (list of inhabitants) and placed on a "separate roll" (alternative list). Four white senators now represented blacks in the Union.
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Regulated and restricted the entry of certain people into the Union, based on their background. Also regulated the rights of people to assume a surname.
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Indians were granted separate representation by three white Parliament members and two senators in Central Parliament. This section of the law was rejected by the South African Indian population.
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Members of different racial and ethnic groups were prohibited from engaging in marriages with white people.
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Areas were designated to certain racial groups. It was now the law that people had to live in designated areas based on their classified group.
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The Bantustan of Transkei was allowed to self-govern.
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Laws regarding employment, accommodation, recruiting, feeding and health conditions of black workers were consolidated.
