Suppression of Communism Act

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South African statute anti-communist law apartheid-era law

The Suppression of Communism Act was a key apartheid-era South African law used to outlaw communism and broadly criminalize anti-government and anti-apartheid political activity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Suppression of Communism Act canonical	3
Suppression of Communism Act, 1950	2
Sabotage Act	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African statute ⓘ anti-communist law ⓘ apartheid-era law ⓘ
actNumber	Act No. 44 of 1950 ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1950 ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
criticizedFor	being used to suppress legitimate political opposition ⓘ violating civil liberties ⓘ
dateOfEnactment	1950-06-26 ⓘ
definedTerm	communism ⓘ
definitionScope	very broad and vague definition of communism ⓘ
effect	South African Communist Party ⓘ surface form: banned the South African Communist Party censored publications deemed communist ⓘ criminalized advocacy of communism ⓘ criminalized support for banned organizations ⓘ enabled banning orders against individuals ⓘ enabled house arrest of political activists ⓘ outlawed the Communist Party of South Africa ⓘ restricted activities of anti-apartheid organizations ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational law for the apartheid security state ⓘ
inspiredBy	anti-communist policies of the early Cold War ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
language	English ⓘ
legalMechanism	banning orders ⓘ criminal penalties for political advocacy ⓘ proscription of organizations ⓘ restrictions on freedom of association ⓘ restrictions on freedom of expression ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
partOf	South African security legislation ⓘ
politicalContext	Cold War ⓘ apartheid ⓘ
purpose	to criminalize anti-apartheid political activity ⓘ to criminalize anti-government political activity ⓘ to enable banning of individuals ⓘ to enable banning of organizations ⓘ to outlaw communism in South Africa ⓘ to suppress communist organizations ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
repealed	1991 ⓘ
repealedBy	Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act, 1991 ⓘ
replacedBy	Internal Security Act, 1982 ⓘ
shortName	Suppression of Communism Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Suppression of Communism Act, 1950
targetedGroup	African National Congress ⓘ surface form: African National Congress members Pan Africanist Congress ⓘ surface form: Pan Africanist Congress members South African Communist Party members ⓘ anti-apartheid activists ⓘ trade union activists ⓘ
usedBy	National Party (South Africa) ⓘ surface form: National Party government of South Africa
yearEnacted	1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Defiance Campaign → hasCause → Suppression of Communism Act ⓘ

Rivonia Trial → legalBasis → Suppression of Communism Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sabotage Act

apartheid government of South Africa → introducedPolicy → Suppression of Communism Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suppression of Communism Act, 1950

Defiance Campaign of 1952 → opposedLaw → Suppression of Communism Act ⓘ

Suppression of Communism Act → shortName → Suppression of Communism Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suppression of Communism Act, 1950