| Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953 | |
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| Parliament of South Africa | |
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| Citation | Act No. 49 of 1948 |
| Enacted by | Parliament of South Africa |
| Enacted | 9 October 1953 |
| Royal assent | 5 October 1953 |
| Commenced | 9 October 1953 |
| Repealed | 15 October 1990 |
| Repealed by | |
| Discriminatory Legislation regarding Public Amenities Repeal Act, 1990 | |
| Status: Repealed | |
Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. Act legalized the racial segregation of public premises, vehicles and services. Only public roads and streets were excluded from the Act. The Section 3b of the Act stated that, the facilities for different races did not need to be equal, while Section 3a, made it legal not only to supply segregated facilities, but also to completely exclude people, based on their race, from public premises, vehicles or services. In practice the best facilities were reserved for whites while those for other races were inferior.[1][2][3]
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