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- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 abstract "The General Law Amendment Act, 1963 (commenced 2 May) allowed a South African police officer to detain without warrant a person suspected of a politically motivated crime for up to 90 days without access to a lawyer. When used in practice, suspects were re-detained for another 90 day period immediately after release.The Amendment Act also introduced the "Sobukwe Clause" which allowed people already convicted of political offenses to be further detained (initially for twelve months). Named the Sobukwe Clause because it was used to keep PAC leader Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (who was originally arrested in 1960 and sentenced to three years) in Robben Island for an additional six years.This Act strengthened previous amendments by further defining political crimes under Apartheid. Section 5 of the Act made a capital crime out of "receiving training that could further the objects of communism or advocating abroad economic or social change in South Africa by violent means through the aid of a foreign government or institution where the accused is a resident or former resident of South Africa". The legislation made provisions for imposing "sentences ranging from a minimum of five years imprisonment to death for anyone leaving the country to learn sabotage techniques, for advocating the forcible overthrow of the government or for urging the forcible inter-venti on in domestic South African affairs by an outside power, including the UN".".
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- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 wikiPageExternalLink blsalaws.htm.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 wikiPageID "34791692".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 wikiPageRevisionID "598238326".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 citation "Act No. 37 of 1963".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 dateAssented "1963-05-01".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 dateCommenced "1963-05-02".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 dateRepealed "1982-07-02".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 enactedBy Parliament_of_South_Africa.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 hasPhotoCollection General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 longTitle "Act to amend the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, the Criminal Procedure Act, 1955, the Post Office Act, 1958, and the Unlawful Organizations Act, 1960, and to provide for the detention of certain persons for interrogation, for declaring certain places or areas to be protected places or areas, and for other incidental matters.".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 repeals Internal_Security_Act,_1982.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 shortTitle "General Law Amendment Act, 1963".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 status "repealed".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 subject Category:Apartheid_laws_in_South_Africa.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 comment "The General Law Amendment Act, 1963 (commenced 2 May) allowed a South African police officer to detain without warrant a person suspected of a politically motivated crime for up to 90 days without access to a lawyer. When used in practice, suspects were re-detained for another 90 day period immediately after release.The Amendment Act also introduced the "Sobukwe Clause" which allowed people already convicted of political offenses to be further detained (initially for twelve months).".
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 label "General Law Amendment Act, 1963".
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- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 sameAs Q5531999.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 wasDerivedFrom General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963?oldid=598238326.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 depiction Coat_of_Arms_of_South_Africa_(1932-2000).svg.
- General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963 isPrimaryTopicOf General_Law_Amendment_Act,_1963.