Unlawful Organizations Act, 1960 | |
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Parliament of South Africa | |
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Citation | Act No. 34 of 1960 |
Enacted by | Parliament of South Africa |
Royal assent | 7 April 1960 |
Commenced | 7 April 1960 |
Repealed | 2 July 1982 |
Administered by | Minister of Justice |
Repealed by | |
Internal Security Act, 1982 | |
Related legislation | |
Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 | |
Status: Repealed |
The Unlawful Organizations Act No 34 of 1960 (commenced 7 April 1960) allowed the apartheid government of South Africa to declare unlawful any organizations deemed to threaten public order or the safety of the public. This legislation was enacted within a few weeks of 1960's Sharpeville Massacre. The African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were immediately declared unlawful. Nelson Mandela recorded in his autobiography, "We were now, all of us, outlaws".[1] The Indemnity Act that followed legislatively indemnified supporters of the apartheid regime from any wrongdoing connected to the massacre.