Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act

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South African statute apartheid law

The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that outlawed marriages between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act canonical	1
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African statute ⓘ apartheid law ⓘ
appliesTo	civil marriages registered in South Africa ⓘ people classified as belonging to different racial groups under South African racial classification laws ⓘ
basedOn	racial classification ⓘ
characteristic	criminalization or invalidation of interracial marriages ⓘ explicitly race-based legal restrictions ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
criticizedFor	institutionalizing racial discrimination in marriage law ⓘ violating human rights ⓘ
discriminatesAgainst	interracial couples ⓘ non-white South Africans ⓘ
enforcedBy	South African civil registration authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ South African courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsequence	contributed to social and legal discrimination against interracial couples ⓘ reinforced racial boundaries in South African society ⓘ restricted freedom to marry across racial lines ⓘ
hasLegacy	remains a symbol of apartheid-era racial oppression ⓘ
hasLegalNature	prohibitive statute ⓘ
historicalPeriod	apartheid era in South Africa ⓘ
ideology	racial segregation ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
implementedBy	South African government NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	earlier segregationist policies in South Africa ⓘ
jurisdiction	Union of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legalDomain	civil law ⓘ family law ⓘ
legalEffect	invalidated new interracial civil marriages in South Africa ⓘ outlawed marriages between people classified as belonging to different racial groups ⓘ
mainSubject	apartheid ⓘ racial segregation in marriage ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the earliest core apartheid laws targeting personal relationships ⓘ
opposedBy	anti-apartheid activists ⓘ civil rights organizations in South Africa ⓘ
partOf	apartheid legal framework ⓘ
purpose	to enforce racial segregation in intimate and family life ⓘ to prevent legally recognized interracial marriages ⓘ
regulates	civil status of interracial couples ⓘ marriage ⓘ
relatedTo	Immorality Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Population Registration Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortDescription	apartheid-era law prohibiting marriages between people classified as belonging to different racial groups ⓘ
socialContext	institutionalized racial segregation in South Africa ⓘ
typeOfRestriction	marital restriction based on race ⓘ
victimGroup	Coloured South Africans ⓘ Indian South Africans ⓘ black South Africans ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Immorality Act → relatedTo → Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act ⓘ

apartheid government of South Africa → introducedPolicy → Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949