Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act

E190035

South African statute apartheid-era law precursor

The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act was a 1946 South African law that restricted land ownership and political representation for Indians, entrenching racial segregation and provoking widespread resistance.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act canonical	2
Asiatic Land Tenure Act	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African statute ⓘ apartheid-era law precursor ⓘ
appliesTo	Indian population in South Africa ⓘ
characterizedAs	ghettoization measure for Indians ⓘ
country	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
dateEnacted	1946 ⓘ
discriminatedAgainst	Indians in South Africa ⓘ
discriminationBasis	ethnicity ⓘ race ⓘ
effect	entrenched racial segregation ⓘ intensified anti-segregation activism ⓘ limited property rights of Indians ⓘ provoked widespread resistance among South African Indians ⓘ restricted Indians to specific residential and business areas ⓘ
historicalContext	pre-apartheid segregation legislation ⓘ
inspiredProtest	civil disobedience in Natal and Transvaal ⓘ passive resistance campaigns by South African Indians ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
legacy	contributed to institutional framework of apartheid ⓘ symbol of anti-Indian discrimination in South Africa ⓘ
legalNature	racially discriminatory law ⓘ
legalSystem	South African law ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
opposedBy	Natal Indian Congress ⓘ South African Indian Congress ⓘ Transvaal Indian Congress ⓘ
policyType	racial franchise restriction ⓘ segregationist land policy ⓘ
purpose	to regulate political representation of Indians in South Africa ⓘ to restrict land ownership by Indians in South Africa ⓘ
region	Natal ⓘ Transvaal ⓘ
relatedTo	Group Areas Act ⓘ Pegging Act ⓘ South African segregation laws ⓘ
shortName	Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Asiatic Land Tenure Act Ghetto Act ⓘ
subjectMatter	land tenure ⓘ political representation ⓘ
targetGroup	Asiatic persons classified as Indian ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ late colonial South Africa ⓘ
year	1946 ⓘ

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Subject: Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act
Description of subject: The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act was a 1946 South African law that restricted land ownership and political representation for Indians, entrenching racial segregation and provoking widespread resistance.

Referenced by (3)

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

1946 Passive Resistance Campaign → hasCause → Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act ⓘ

1946 Passive Resistance Campaign → opposed → Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act ⓘ

Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act → shortName → Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asiatic Land Tenure Act