TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 5

1937 Industrial Conciliation Act No 36:

W Provided for the registration and regulation of trade unions and employers’ organisations, the settlement of disputes between employers and employees, and the regulation of conditions of employment.

Repealed by s 56 of the Industrial Conciliation Act No 28 of 1956

1937 Black (Native) Laws Amendment Act No 46:

U Prohibited acquisition of land in urban areas by blacks from non-blacks except with the Governor-General’s consent (Horrell 1978: 3). Commenced: 1 January 1938

Sections repealed by the Abolition of Influx Control Act No 68 of 1986 and the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 of 1991. The only section remaining in force is s 36, which amended s 7 of the Agricultural Holdings (Transvaal) Registration Act 22 of 1919 and has no discriminatory implications.

1939 Aliens Registration Act No 26: U Provided for the registration and control of aliens. Assent gained: 14 June 1939; commencement date not found

Repealed by s 60 of the Aliens Control Act No 96 of 1991

1945 Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act No 25:

U Introduced influx control - applicable to black males only (Horrell 1978: 172). People who were deemed to be leading idle or dissolute lives or who had committed certain specified offences could be removed from an urban area (Horrell 1978: 173). Commenced: 1 June 1945

Repealed by s 17 of the Abolition of Influx Control Act No 68 of 1986

1946 Asiatic Land Tenure (and Indian Representation) Act No 28:

P Granted Indians separate representation by three white members of Parliament and two senators in the Central Parliament. This chapter of the law was rejected by the Indian population and the Act was repealed by the Asiatic Laws Amendment Act No 47 of 1948. The chapter on land tenure was repealed by the Aliens Control Act No 96 of 1991. Commenced: 6 June 1946

1948 Nationalist Party comes to power

1948 Asiatic Laws Amendment Act No 47:

P Repealed the chapter on Indian representation of the 1946 Asiatic Land Tenure (and Indian Representation) Act. Commenced: 12 October 1948

Repealed by s 55 of the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 of 1991

1949 Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55:

A Prohibited marriages between whites and members of other racial groups (Horrell 1978: 19). Commenced: 8 July 1949

Repealed by s 7 of the Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act No 72 of 1985