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Law of the South African Apartheid regime
Terrorism Act, 1967
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Act to prohibit terroristic activities and to amend the law relating to criminal procedure; and to provide for other incidental matters.
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Citation
| Act No. 83 of 1967
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Enacted by
| Parliament of South Africa
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Assented to
| 12 June 1967
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Commenced
| 21 June 1967 (deemed retroactive to 27 June 1962)
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Repealed
| 2 July 1982
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Administered by
| Minister of Justice
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Internal Security Act, 1982
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Status:
Repealed
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The
Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967
was a law of the
South African
Apartheid
regime until all except section 7 was repealed under the Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act 138 of 1991.
Section 6 of the Act allowed someone suspected of involvement in
terrorism
?which was very broadly defined as anything that might "endanger the maintenance of law and order"?to be detained for a 60-day period (which could be renewed) without
trial
on the authority of a senior
police
officer. Since there was no requirement to release information on who was being held, people subject to the Act tended to
disappear
.
The death of
Steve Biko
in police custody in 1977, while being detained under the Act, was a particular
cause celebre
. It is estimated that approximately 80 people died while being detained under the Act.
[1]
The poem 'In Detention' was written by
Chris van Wyk
as a protest to the seemingly unexplainable deaths at the
John Vorster Square
, supposedly at the hands of police brutality.
Other provisions
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Other provisions of the Act included the founding of the
Bureau of State Security
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Precursors
(before 1948)
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Malan to
Verwoerd
(1948?1966)
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Post-Verwoerd
(1966?1994)
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