Franchise Laws Amendment Act, 1931
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| Franchise Laws Amendment Act, 1931 | |
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| Parliament of South Africa | |
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| Citation | Act No. 41 of 1931 |
| Enacted by | white men over the age of 21. |
| Status: Repealed | |
The Franchise Laws Amendment Act, 1931, was an
white men. It was passed a year after the Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930, which extended the franchise to all white women. These two acts entitled all white people over the age of 21 (except for those convicted of certain crimes and those declared mentally unsound by a court) to vote in the elections of the House of Assembly
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The act retained the property and educational qualifications for
coloured men, who were in any case only eligible to vote in the Cape Province
. The result was a further dilution of the electoral power of the non-white population.
The act was repealed in 1946 when the franchise laws were consolidated into the Electoral Consolidation Act, 1946.
References
- Loveland, Ian (1999). By Due Process of Law: Racial Discrimination and the Right to Vote in South Africa 1855–1960. Oxford: Hart Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 9781841130491.