Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act, 1956 explained

Short Title:	Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act, 1956
Long Title:	Act to prohibit the granting of interdicts or other dilatory orders of court having the effect of staying or suspending the removal or ejectment of natives in certain cases, and to provide for other incidental matters.
Citation:	Act No. 64 of 1956
Enacted By:	Parliament of South Africa
Royal Assent:	15 June 1956
Date Commenced:	22 June 1956
Date Repealed:	1 July 1986
Repealed By:	Abolition of Influx Control Act, 1986
Status:	repealed

Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act, Act No 64 of 1956, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. It deprived Africans of the right to appeal to the courts by means of an interdict or any legal process against forced removals.^[1]

Content of the Act

The following is a brief description of the sections of the Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act:^[2]

Section 1Defined the meanings of common words within the Act.

Section 2Defines that the execution of some orders of court would not be able to be stayed or suspended by means of legal processes. This applied to orders to vacate, to be removed or arrested and detained to or from an area.

Section 3Defines that any stay or suspension of a court order to which the Act applies, especially prior to Act, would have no force and effect and would lapse.

Section 4Defines the compensation to be repaid for actual loss to a Native who obtained the order of court and has since been declared invalid.

Section 5Defines the Governor-General will proclaim in the Government Gazette, to which type of orders the Act will apply too and from what date.

Section 6Defined the name of the Act and when it comes into operation.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Legislation: 1950s . South African History Online . 3 May 2010.
2. Web site: Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act. 22 June 2019. Digital Innovation South Africa. 22 June 2019.