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Immorality Act

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Immorality Act was the title of two acts of the Parliament of South Africa which prohibited, amongst other things, sexual relations between white people and people of other races. [1]

24 relations: Act of Parliament, Anti-miscegenation laws, Apartheid, Apartheid legislation, Asian South Africans, Brothel, Coloureds, Common law offence, Constitutional Court of South Africa, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, Extramarital sex, Geldenhuys v National Director of Public Prosecutions, Interracial marriage, Men who have sex with men, National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice, P. W. Botha, Parliament of South Africa, Population Registration Act, 1950, Procuring (prostitution), Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949, Section 20A, Sex and the law, Sex toy, Sodomy law.

Act of Parliament

Acts of Parliament, also called primary legislation, are statutes passed by a parliament (legislature).

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Anti-miscegenation laws

Anti-miscegenation laws or miscegenation laws are laws that enforce racial segregation at the level of marriage and intimate relationships by criminalizing interracial marriage and sometimes also sex between members of different races.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Apartheid legislation

The system of racial segregation in South Africa known as apartheid was implemented and enforced by a large number of acts and other laws.

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Asian South Africans

Asian South Africans are South Africans of Asian descent.

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Brothel

A brothel or bordello is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes, who are sometimes referred to as sex workers.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) are a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa who have ancestry from various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu speakers, Afrikaners, and sometimes also Austronesians and South Asians.

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Common law offence

Common law offences are crimes under English criminal law and the related criminal law of other Commonwealth countries.

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Constitutional Court of South Africa

The Constitutional Court of South Africa is a supreme constitutional court established by the Constitution of South Africa.

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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007

The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007; also referred to as the Sexual Offences Act) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that reformed and codified the law relating to sex offences.

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Extramarital sex

Extramarital sex occurs when a married person engages in sexual activity with someone other than his or her spouse.

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Geldenhuys v National Director of Public Prosecutions

Geldenhuys v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa which struck down as unconstitutional a law which set the age of consent at 19 for homosexual sex but only 16 for heterosexual sex.

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Interracial marriage

Interracial marriage is a form of marriage outside a specific social group (exogamy) involving spouses who belong to different socially-defined races or racialized ethnicities.

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Men who have sex with men

Men who have sex with men (MSM), also known as males who have sex with males, are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they identify themselves; many such men do not sexually identify as gay, homosexual or bisexual.

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National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality v Minister of Justice

National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa which struck down the laws prohibiting consensual sexual activities between men.

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P. W. Botha

Pieter Willem Botha, (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006), commonly known as "P.

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Parliament of South Africa

The Parliament of South Africa is South Africa's legislature and under the country's current Constitution is composed of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.

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Population Registration Act, 1950

The Population Registration Act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered in accordance with his or her racial characteristics as part of the system of apartheid.

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Procuring (prostitution)

Procuring or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer.

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Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949

The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 of 1949, was an apartheid law in South Africa that prohibited marriages between "Europeans" and "non-Europeans".

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Section 20A

Section 20A of the Immorality Act, 1957, commonly known as the "men at a party" clause, was a South African law that criminalised all sexual acts between men that occurred in the presence of a third person.

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Sex and the law

Sex and the law deals with the regulation by law of human sexual activity.

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Sex toy

A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure, such as a dildo or vibrator.

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Sodomy law

A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes.

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Redirects here:

Amendment to The Immorality Act, Immorality Amendment Act, The immorality act.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immorality_Act

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