The General Law Amendment Act No. 76 of 1962, also known as the Sabotage Act, was an Act of the South African Parliament passed by the apartheid government. It widened the definition of sabotage to include strikes, trade union activity, and writing slogans on walls. The maximum penalty for sabotage was hanging and the minimum five years' imprisonment. It reversed the normal burden of proof so that the accused were assumed to be guilty and had to prove their innocence. Publications opposing the government were liable to a fine of R20,000.
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| - The General Law Amendment Act No. 76 of 1962, also known as the Sabotage Act, was an Act of the South African Parliament passed by the apartheid government. It widened the definition of sabotage to include strikes, trade union activity, and writing slogans on walls. The maximum penalty for sabotage was hanging and the minimum five years' imprisonment. It reversed the normal burden of proof so that the accused were assumed to be guilty and had to prove their innocence. Publications opposing the government were liable to a fine of R20,000. (en)
- La loi portant modification de la législation générale de 1962 (en anglais General Law Amendment Act, 1962), également connue sous le nom de Loi sur le sabotage (Sabotage Act), fut proposée par le gouvernement Verwoerd et votée par le Parlement sud-africain durant la période de l'apartheid. Les dispositions les plus connues, introduites par ce texte législatif, consistent à définir assez largement la notion de sabotage pour y inclure notamment la grève et à permettre une garde à vue de 90 jours sans charges ni inculpations. (fr)
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| - The General Law Amendment Act No. 76 of 1962, also known as the Sabotage Act, was an Act of the South African Parliament passed by the apartheid government. It widened the definition of sabotage to include strikes, trade union activity, and writing slogans on walls. The maximum penalty for sabotage was hanging and the minimum five years' imprisonment. It reversed the normal burden of proof so that the accused were assumed to be guilty and had to prove their innocence. Publications opposing the government were liable to a fine of R20,000. The Act extended the powers of the Minister of Justice, a post held in 1962 by B. J. Vorster, to ban people and organisations. Anyone who had been charged under the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 could be banned from holding office in named institutions. Such people became known as "statutory Communists" - even if they had never actually been members of the South African Communist Party. They could be put under house arrest without trial, made to report daily to the police and be prohibited from attending social gatherings. (en)
- La loi portant modification de la législation générale de 1962 (en anglais General Law Amendment Act, 1962), également connue sous le nom de Loi sur le sabotage (Sabotage Act), fut proposée par le gouvernement Verwoerd et votée par le Parlement sud-africain durant la période de l'apartheid. Cette loi modificative, qui vise à durcir les restrictions des droits civils et civiques des militants anti-apartheid, modifie les dispositions de plusieurs autres textes législatifs existants comme la Loi sur la répression du communisme de 1950, le Public Safety Act de 1953, le Criminal Procedure Act de 1955, le Riotous Assemblies Act de 1956 et le Unlawful Organizations Act de 1960. Les dispositions les plus connues, introduites par ce texte législatif, consistent à définir assez largement la notion de sabotage pour y inclure notamment la grève et à permettre une garde à vue de 90 jours sans charges ni inculpations. (fr)
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