The Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed

Date: 17 Jun 1991
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed

The Population registration Act (Act No 30 of 1950 ) was repealed by the South African parliament. The Act was a pillar of the Apartheid system. It required people to register from birth as belonging to one of four different racial groups, White, Black, Coloured and Indian. The Act was repealed by the Population Registration Act No 114 of 1991.

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
02African History Apartheid Era Laws: Population Registration Act No 30 of 1950 [online] Available at: https://africanhistory.about.com [Accessed on 18 June 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012966

South African History Online (2011) 'The Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012966 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

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South African History Online. "The Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012966.