Internal
Security Amendment Act No 79

This
Act removed the requirement that internment be linked with states of
emergency.

It amended five other Security Acts and embodied the 1967 Suppression
of Communism Act with some amendments. The 'Sobukwe' clause
for indefinite detention was deleted and a new provision for indefinite
preventive detention was created instead. A Review Committee was established
to review
detentions within two months and could recommend further detention.

Prohibition of bail and detention of potential witnesses were
provided for. Restrictions on movement of banned persons were included.

The Act was repealed by the Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982
and the Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act No 138 of 1991
except for s 10.

Section 10 was repealed by the State of Emergency Act No 86 of
1995.