Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act, 1951

Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act, 1951

Act to provide for the prevention and control of illegal squatting on public or private land.
Citation	Act No. 52 of 1951
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Date of Royal Assent	21 June 1951
Date commenced	6 July 1951
Date repealed	5 June 1998
Repealing legislation
Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, 1998
Status: Repealed

The Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act, Act No 52 of 1951, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. This act authorized the forcible removal of squatting communities. It allowed eviction and destruction of homes of squatters by landowners, local authorities and government officials. It was commenced on 6 July 1951.^[1]

References

↑ "Legislation: 1950s". South African History Online. Retrieved 3 May 2010.

Apartheid legislation in South Africa

Precursors (before 1948)	Hut tax (1884) Franchise and Ballot Act (1892) Glen Grey Act (1894) Natal Legislative Assembly Bill (1894) Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act (1906) South Africa Act (1909) Mines and Works Act (1911) Natives Land Act (1913) Natives (Urban Areas) Act (1923) Immorality Act (1927) Native Administration Act (1927) Representation of Natives Act (1936) Native Trust and Land Act (1936) [Native (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act]] (1945) Asiatic Land Tenure Act (1946)

Malan to Verwoerd (1948–1966)	Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) Immorality Amendment Act (1950) Population Registration Act (1950) Group Areas Act (1950) Suppression of Communism Act (1950) Native Building Workers Act (1951) Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951) Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act (1951) Bantu Authorities Act (1951) Native Laws Amendment Act (1952) Pass Laws Act (1952) Public Safety Act (1953) Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act (1953) Bantu Education Act (1953) Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) Natives Resettlement Act (1954) Group Areas Development Act (1955) Riotous Assemblies Act (1956) Industrial Conciliation Act (1956) Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act (1956) Immorality Act (1957) Bantu Investment Corporation Act (1959) Extension of University Education Act (1959) Promotion of Bantu Self-government Act (1959) Unlawful Organizations Act (1960) Indemnity Act (1961) Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act (1961) Republic of South Africa Constitution Act (1961) Urban Bantu Councils Act (1961) General Law Amendment Act (1963) Coloured Persons Representative Council Act (1964)

Post-Verwoerd (1966–1994)	Terrorism Act (1967) Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act (1968) Prohibition of Political Interference Act (1968) Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act (1970) Bantu Homelands Constitution Act (1971) Aliens Control Act (1973) Indemnity Act (1977) National Key Points Act (1980) - List of National Key Points Internal Security Act (1982) Black Local Authorities Act (1982) Republic of South Africa Constitution Act (1983)

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