TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 34

1977 Acquisition of Immovable Property Control Act No 21: Provided for state expropriation and other powers. Commenced: 2 September 1977

1977 Military Discipline Act No 23: Specified punishment for military disobedience. Commenced: 12 August 1977

1977 Aliens and Travellers Control Act No 29: Provided for the control and monitoring of aliens, and for refusal of entry. Commenced: 18 August 1978

1977 Public Security Act No 30: Repealed all security laws applicable in South Africa (including the 1950 Suppression of Communism Act, the 1930 Riotous Assemblies Act and the 1960 Unlawful Organisations Act). Further, it repealed the Proclamation 400 of 1960 but retained some of its provisions (Horrell 1978: 230; SRR 1977: 336; Dugard 1978: 96). Commenced: 7 October 1977 Sections 44 and 45 repealed by the State of Emergency Act No 86 of 1995.

1978 Undesirable Organisations Act No 9: Granted the state power to act against illegal organisations. Commenced: 19 May 1978

1978 Marriage Act No 21: Made further amendments to the Marriage Act No 4 of 1972, largely in keeping with South African trends. Commenced: 2 July 1979

1979 Police Act No 16: Granted the police further powers with regard to search and seizure. Commenced: 3 August 1979

1979 Births and Deaths Registration Act No 20: Specified persons who could be registered as Transkeian citizens by birth. Commenced: 3 October 1980

1979 State Land Disposal Act No 23: Set out mechanisms for the disposal of state land. Commenced: 8 June 1979

1980 Public Security Amendment Act No 6: Made further amendments to state security legislation, allowing for greater control by state security mechanisms. Commenced: 1 August 1980

1980 Public Security Further Amendment Act No 20: Made further amendments regarding the declaration of states of emergency. Commenced: 6 June 1980

1980 Second Public Security Further Amendment Act No 31: As above. Commenced: 1 August 1980

1983 Public Security Amendment Act No 10: As above. Commenced: 5 August 1983

1983 Aliens and Travellers Control Amendment Act No 16: Regulated the control of travellers during states of emergency. Commenced: 21 October 1983

1984 Diplomatic Privileges Act No 4: Regulated the recognition of diplomats and privileges afforded in reciprocity. Commenced: 22 February 1985

1984 Proclamation No 8: Concerning a state of emergency. Commenced: 21 June 1984

1984 Government Notice No 66: Restricted the movement of certain persons at institutions of learning. Commenced: 21 June 1984

1984 Government Notice No 149: Authorised the arrest and conviction of people found loitering within a municipal area. Commenced: 5 December 1984