Immorality Act

E181920

South African statute apartheid law

The Immorality Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that criminalized sexual relations between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Immorality Act canonical	1
Immorality Act, 1950	1
Immorality Amendment Act, 1950	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African statute ⓘ apartheid law ⓘ
aimedAt	enforcing racial segregation ⓘ maintaining apartheid social order ⓘ preventing interracial intimacy ⓘ
appliesTo	people classified as belonging to different racial groups ⓘ
characterizedAs	human rights violation ⓘ racist law ⓘ sexual morality legislation ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
criminalized	extramarital sexual relations across racial lines ⓘ sexual intercourse between white people and black people ⓘ sexual intercourse between white people and people classified as Coloured ⓘ sexual intercourse between white people and people classified as Indian ⓘ
disproportionatelyTargeted	Coloured South African ⓘ surface form: Coloured South Africans Indians in South Africa ⓘ surface form: Indian South Africans black South Africans ⓘ
enforcedBy	South African Police Service ⓘ surface form: South African Police apartheid courts ⓘ
hasEffect	criminalization of interracial couples ⓘ family separation ⓘ reinforcement of racial hierarchy ⓘ social stigma for interracial relationships ⓘ violation of bodily autonomy ⓘ violation of privacy rights ⓘ
legacy	enduring trauma for affected communities ⓘ symbol of apartheid repression ⓘ
legalBasisFor	police raids on private homes ⓘ surveillance of suspected interracial couples ⓘ
legalSystem	South African law ⓘ
mainSubject	racial segregation ⓘ sexual relations regulation ⓘ
motivatedBy	racial purity doctrine ⓘ white supremacy ideology ⓘ
opposedBy	African National Congress ⓘ anti-apartheid activists ⓘ human rights organizations ⓘ
partOf	apartheid legal framework ⓘ
penalty	criminal record ⓘ fines ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ
relatedTo	Group Areas Act ⓘ Population Registration Act ⓘ Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act ⓘ
supportedBy	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party government
timePeriod	apartheid era ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Population Registration Act → relatedTo → Immorality Act ⓘ

Act No. 30 of 1950 → relatedTo → Immorality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immorality Act, 1950

apartheid government of South Africa → introducedPolicy → Immorality Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Immorality Amendment Act, 1950