Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act, 1991

E714342

South African statute

The Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act, 1991 was a South African law enacted during the transition from apartheid that dismantled key repressive security statutes and curtailed the state’s powers of political suppression.

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Label	Occurrences
Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act, 1991 canonical	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South African statute ⓘ
aimedAt	limiting use of security laws against political activity ⓘ
associatedWithProcess	liberalization of South African security laws ⓘ negotiated transition to democracy in South Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
effect	reduction of executive powers to detain political opponents ⓘ repeal or amendment of apartheid-era security provisions ⓘ
effectOnStatePower	curtailed powers of political suppression ⓘ
enactedInContextOf	transition from apartheid ⓘ
governingBody	Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late apartheid era ⓘ
historicalSignificance	step toward dismantling apartheid security apparatus ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalDomain	constitutional transition ⓘ human rights law ⓘ internal security law ⓘ
legalStatus	Act of Parliament ⓘ
partOf	reform of apartheid-era security legislation ⓘ
purpose	curtailing state powers of political suppression ⓘ dismantling key repressive security statutes ⓘ
relatedTo	Internal Security Act, 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intimidation Act NERFINISHED ⓘ South African political transition (early 1990s) ⓘ
typeOfChange	amendment to existing security and intimidation legislation ⓘ
yearEnacted	1991 ⓘ

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Suppression of Communism Act → repealedBy → Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act, 1991 ⓘ