Population Registration Act, 1950/1970-03-26

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as amended by

Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 71 of 1956 Statistics Act, No. 73 of 1957 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 30 of 1960 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 61 of 1962 Bantu Laws Amendment Act, No. 42 of 1964 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 64 of 1967 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 106 of 1969 Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, No. 26 of 1970

13. (1) The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt by him of an application for an identity card in the prescribed form, completed by or on behalf of any person whose name has been included in the register and who has attained the age of sixteen years, together with two copies of the photograph referred to in section 16 (1), and subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, issue an identity card to that person: Provided that no identity card shall be issued to any person to whom a certificate of citizenship has in terms of the Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970, been issued.

(2) If the person referred to in sub-section (1) is a white person or a coloured person and is not an alien or a person referred to in sub-section (4), the identity card issued to that person shall contain the following particulars and no other particulars in relation to that person whatsoever, namely—

his name and sex;

his classification in terms of section five;

his citizenship or nationality;

his identity number;

a recent photograph of himself; and

the date of issue of the identity card.

(3) If the person is an alien and was born in any part of South Africa included in the Union or admitted to the Union for permanent residence therein, the identity card issued to that person shall contain, in addition to the particulars mentioned in sub-section (2), the following particulars and no other particulars in relation to that person whatsoever, namely—

the date of his arrival in the Union (if not born in a part of South Africa included in the Union);

an indication of the fact that he is an alien; and

if the Secretary deems it expedient, the signature of that person or, if he is unable to sign his name, his fingerprints.

(4) If the person is not a South African citizen and has been admitted to the Union for a temporary purpose the identity card issued to that person shall contain all the particulars prescribed in respect of an alien by sub-section (3) except a photograph of that person.

(5) If the person is a Bantu, the identity card issued to him shall contain the following particulars and no other particulars in relation to him whatsoever, namely—

his name and sex;

the ethnic or other group and the tribe to which he belongs and, in the case of a Bantu who is not a South African citizen, his citizenship or nationality;

his identity number;

a recent photograph of himself and in the case of a Bantu who is not a South African citizen, his fingerprints; and

the date of issue of the identity card.

14. (1) Any—

peace officer (as defined in section 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1955 (Act No. 56 of 1955)), may, whenever he is under section 22 (3) of the said Act entitled to call upon any person to furnish such peace officer with his full name and address, request that person; and

person authorized thereto in writing by the Secretary may, whenever it is necessary for him to do so for the purpose of carrying out his duties under this Act and upon production of his written authority, request any person,

if that person’s name is by this Act required to be included in the register and he has attained the age of sixteen years, but is not a person to whom a certificate of citizenship has in terms of the Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970, been issued, to produce to such peace officer or, as the case may be, to such authorized person, his identity card.

(2) Every person who is in terms of sub-section (1) requested by a peace officer or a person authorized thereto by the Secretary to produce to him his identity card shall, within seven days of the date of such request, produce his identity card to that peace officer or to that authorized person or at a police station indicated by him and recorded by the peace officer or the authorized person, as the case may be.

(3) If any person fails or refuses to indicate a police station in terms of sub-section (2) the peace officer or the authorized person concerned shall for the purposes of that sub-section indicate and record the police station which he considers nearest to the ordinary place of residence of the said person.