the immorality act of 1957 was partially repealed for a second time in south africa in 1988.
the immorality act of 1957 was partially repealed for a second time in south africa in 1988.
when was the immorality act of 1957 partially repealed for a second time in south africa?
1988
as part of the repeal of many petty apartheid laws under the government of p. w. botha, the immorality and prohibition of mixed marriages amendment act 1985 repealed the interracial restrictions of the immorality acts.









































the immorality amendment act, 1988 renamed the immorality act, 1957 to the sexual offences act, 1957 and criminalised the act of prostitution. it also made the provisions of the 1957 act gender neutral.









































in 2002, an appeal by brothel keepers and prostitutes in the country's constitutional court, submitting that the laws on prostitution were in breach of the constitution, was dismissed.
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immorality act was the title of two acts of the parliament of south africa which prohibited, amongst other things, sexual relations between white people and people of other races. the first immorality act, of 1927, prohibited sex between whites and blacks, until amended in 1950 to prohibit sex between whites and all non-whites. the second immorality act, of 1957, continued this prohibition and also dealt with many other sex offences. the ban on interracial sex was lifted in 1985, but certain sections of the 1957 act dealing with prostitution remain in force as the "sexual offences act, 1957".
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