List of Acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1950–1959

This is a list of acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted in the years 1950 to 1959.

South African acts are uniquely identified by the year of passage and an act number within that year. Some acts have gone by more than one short title in the course of their existence; in such cases each title is listed with the years in which it applied.

1950[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21	Immorality Amendment Act, 1950
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30	Population Registration Act, 1950
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1950
40
41	Group Areas Act, 1950
42
43
44	Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (before 1976) Internal Security Act, 1950 (after 1976)
45
46
47
48
49	Appropriation Act, 1950

1951[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15	(before 1960) (after 1960)
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27	Native Building Workers Act, 1951 (before 1964) Bantu Building Workers Act, 1951 (from 1964 to 1978) Black Building Workers Act, 1951 (after 1978)
28
29
30
31
32
33
34	(before 1953) (after 1953)
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46	Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951
47
48
49
50	Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1951
51
52	Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act, 1951
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1951
67
68	Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 (before 1978) Black Authorities Act, 1951 (after 1978)
69
70	(before 1958) (after 1958)
71
72
73

1952[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24	Prevention of Illegal Squatting Amendment Act, 1952
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35	High Court of Parliament Act, 1952
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54	Native Laws Amendment Act, 1952 (before 1964) Bantu Laws Amendment Act, 1952 (from 1964 to 1978) Black Laws Amendment Act, 1952 (after 1978)
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
65	Group Areas Amendment Act, 1952
66
67	Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, 1952 (before 1964) Bantu (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, 1952 (from 1964 to 1978) Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, 1952 (after 1978)

1953[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3	Public Safety Act, 1953
4
5
6	Royal Style and Titles Act, 1953
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38	Native Building Workers Amendment Act, 1953 (before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47	Bantu Education Act, 1953 (before 1978) Black Education Act, 1953 (after 1978)
48	Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953 (before 1964) (from 1964 to 1973) (from 1973 to 1978) (after 1978)
49	Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953

1954[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
14
15	Riotous Assemblies and Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1954
16
17
18	Native Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1954 (before 1964) Bantu Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1954 (from 1964 to 1978) Development Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1954 (after 1978)
19	Natives Resettlement Act, 1954 (before 1964) Bantu Resettlement Act, 1954 (from 1964 to 1978) Blacks Resettlement Act, 1954 (after 1978)
20	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1954
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44	Bantu Education Amendment Act, 1954 (before 1978) Black Education Amendment Act, 1954 (after 1978)
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57

1955[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3
4
5
6	Group Areas Amendment Act, 1955
7
8
9	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1955
10
11
12
13	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
14
15
16	Natives (Urban Areas) Amendment Act, 1955 (before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27	Appellate Division Quorum Act, 1955
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53	Senate Act, 1955
54
55
56
57
58
59	Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Amendment Act, 1955 (before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
60	Native Building Workers Amendment Act, 1955 (before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68	Group Areas Further Amendment Act, 1955
69	Group Areas Development Act, 1955 (before 1965) Community Development Act, 1955 (after 1965)
70

1956[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1956
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17	Riotous Assemblies Act, 1956
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27	Mines and Works Act, 1956
28	Industrial Conciliation Act, 1956 (before 1981) Labour Relations Act, 1956 (after 1981)
29	Group Areas Amendment Act, 1956
30	Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act, 1956
31
32
33
34
35
36	Bantu Education Amendment Act, 1956 (before 1978) Black Education Amendment Act, 1956 (after 1978)
37
38
39
40
41
42	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64	Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act, 1956 (before 1964) Bantu (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act, 1956 (from 1964 to 1978) Blacks (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act, 1956 (after 1978)
65
66
67
68
69	Natives (Urban Areas) Amendment Act, 1956 (before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
70
71	Population Registration Amendment Act, 1956
72
73	Native Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1956 (before 1964) Bantu Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1956 (from 1964 to 1978) Development Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1956 (after 1978)

1957[]

Act no.	Short title
1	South Africa Act Further Amendment Act, 1957
2	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1957
3	Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1957
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23	Immorality Act, 1957 (before 1988) Sexual Offences Act, 1957 (after 1988)
24
25	(before 1968) (after 1968)
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
54
55
56
57	Group Areas Amendment Act, 1957
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77	Group Areas Act, 1957
78	(before 1981) (from 1981 to 2001) (after 2001)
79	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
80
81
82
83

1958[]

Act no.	Short title
1	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1958
2	Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act, 1958
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30	Electoral Law Amendment Act, 1958
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38	(before 1964) (after 1964)
39
40
41	Native Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1958 (before 1964) Bantu Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1958 (from 1964 to 1978) Development Trust and Land Amendment Act, 1958 (after 1978)
42
43
44	(before 2012) (after 2012)
45
46
47
48
49	South Africa Act Further Amendment Act, 1958

1959[]

Act no.	Short title
1
2
3	South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1959
4
5
6
7
8	(before 1991) (after 1991)
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33	Bantu Education Amendment Act, 1959 (before 1978) Black Education Amendment Act, 1959 (after 1978)
34	Bantu Investment Corporation Act, 1959
35
36
37
38
39
40
41	Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act, 1959
42
43
44
45	Extension of University Education Act, 1959
46	Promotion of Bantu Self-government Act, 1959 (before 1978) Promotion of Black Self-government Act, 1959 (from 1978 to 1987) Representation between the Republic of South Africa and Self-governing Territories Act, 1959 (after 1987)
47
48	South Africa Act Further Amendment Act, 1959
49
50
51	Mines and Works Amendment Act, 1959
52
53
54
55	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
56	(before 1964) (from 1964 to 1978) (after 1978)
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73	(before 1966) (after 1966)
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81	Group Areas Development Amendment Act, 1959
82

References[]

Government Gazette of the Union of South Africa, Volumes CLIX–CXCVII.
"National Primary Legislation". South African Legislation Resources. LegalB. Retrieved 17 September 2011.