Pass Laws in South Africa

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apartheid legislation internal passport system

Pass Laws in South Africa were a system of apartheid-era legislation that controlled and restricted the movement and residence of Black South Africans through mandatory identity documents and internal passports.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apartheid legislation ⓘ
internal passport system ⓘ
abolishedBy Abolition of Influx Control Act, 1986 NERFINISHED ⓘ
abolishedInPractice 1986 ⓘ
appliedTo Black South Africans ⓘ
consequenceOfViolation arrest ⓘ
fines ⓘ
forcible removal ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
criticizedAs tool of racial oppression ⓘ
violation of human rights ⓘ
discriminatedAgainst African men ⓘ
African women ⓘ
enforcedBy South African Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
local authorities ⓘ
historicalPrecursor pass laws in the Cape Colony ⓘ
pass laws in the Orange Free State ⓘ
pass laws in the Transvaal ⓘ
implementedBy South African government NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedUnder apartheid system ⓘ
keyLegislation Black (Native) Laws Amendment Act, 1952 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Black Laws Amendment Act, 1964 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, 1952 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Natives (Urban Areas) Act, 1923 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasisFor arrest of Black people without passes ⓘ
opposedBy African National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pan Africanist Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
South African Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose control movement of Black South Africans ⓘ
enforce racial segregation ⓘ
restrict residence of Black South Africans ⓘ
regulated employment of Black workers ⓘ
influx control ⓘ
urban residence rights ⓘ
reinforced homelands policy ⓘ
migrant labour system ⓘ
relatedEvent Sharpeville protest of 21 March 1960 NERFINISHED ⓘ
women’s anti-pass protests of 1956 ⓘ
requiredDocument dompas ⓘ
pass book ⓘ
reference book ⓘ
restrictedAccessTo white urban areas ⓘ
siteOfMajorProtest Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pretoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sharpeville NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soweto NERFINISHED ⓘ
sparkedEvent Sharpeville massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfMajorConsolidation 1952 ⓘ

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Act No. 30 of 1950 → relatedTo → Pass Laws in South Africa ⓘ
apartheid government of South Africa → introducedPolicy → Pass Laws in South Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pass Laws