Preservation of Coloured Areas Act, 1961

The Preservation of Coloured Areas Act of 1961, was an Apartheid South Africa piece of legislation. It was ostensibly enacted to prevent land in coloured areas from being taken without compensation to the owner even if the owner had not registered his claim. It further entrenched "Coloured Areas" in the law.

Preservation of Coloured Areas Act, Act No 31 of 1961
Parliament of South Africa
CitationAct No. 31 of 1961
Enacted byParliament of South Africa
Royal assent28 February 1961
Commenced1 December 1961
Repealed30 June 1991
Repealed by
Rural Coloured Areas Act, 1963
Status: Repealed

The Act was to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good Hope, to coloured persons settlement areas within the meaning of the Coloured Persons Settlement Areas (Cape) Act, 1930, to repeal the latter Act and to provide for matters incidental thereafter.

This act further strengthened racial segregation legislation of South Africa during the Apartheid regime. This in turn also help further consolidate the laws surrounding recruiting, employment, accommodation, feeding and health conditions of Black labourers. This effect would later on be reinforced by the Black Labour Act No 67 of 1965.[1]

Repeal

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The act was replaced two years later by the Rural Coloured Areas Act, 1963.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Apartheid Legislation 1850s-1970s | South African History Online".
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