Public Safety Act, 1953
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Public Safety Act, 1953
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In 1953, the Public Safety Act was enacted by the apartheid South African government. This Act empowered the government to declare stringent states of emergency and increased penalties for protesting against or supporting the repeal of a law. This act was passed in response to civil disobedience campaigns by the African National Congress (ANC), in particular the Defiance Campaign of 1952. The Act included a provision that empowered the government to declare a state of emergency in any or every p
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