7 jul 1950 año - Population Registration Act
Descripción:
The Population Registration Act of 1950, classified the entire population by race, was one of the first laws to be passed by the new NP government.
The Act provided for the creation of a national population register.
Each citizen was defined according to the racial group to which he or she belonged.
The classification was based on biological rather than cultural factors.
Once an individual's race was determined, it was recorded in their official identity documents.
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7 jul 1950 año
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