Natives Land Act, 1913

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:South_African
gptkb:action
gptkbp:affects gptkb:white_South_Africans
black South Africans
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Black Land Act, 1913
gptkbp:category 1913 in South African law
Land reform in South Africa
Racial segregation legislation
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Act_No._27_of_1913
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:dateEnacted 19 June 1913
gptkbp:effect allocated about 7% of South African land to black people
forbade sharecropping by black people
laid foundation for apartheid land policies
restricted black land ownership to certain areas
prohibited black South Africans from buying or leasing land outside designated reserves
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 19 June 1913
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Natives Land Act, 1913
gptkbp:language gptkb:Afrikaans
English
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to make further provision as to the purchase and leasing of land by Natives and other purposes in connection with the ownership and occupation of land by Natives.
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Group_Areas_Act,_1950
Native Trust and Land Act, 1936
gptkbp:relatedTo apartheid
land dispossession in South Africa
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Abolition_of_Racially_Based_Land_Measures_Act,_1991
yes
30 June 1991
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Natives_Land_Act
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bantu_Trust_and_Land_Act
gptkb:Legal_history_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7