Population Registration Act, 1950/1980-08-01

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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 Black Laws Amendment Act, No. 42 of 1964 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 64 of 1967 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 106 of 1969 National States Citizenship Act, No. 26 of 1970 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 29 of 1970 Population Registration and Identity Documents Amendment Act, No. 36 of 1973 Population Registration and Identity Documents in South-West Africa Amendment Act, No. 33 of 1977 Second Black Laws Amendment Act, No. 102 of 1978 Population Registration Amendment Act, No. 35 of 1980 Laws on Co-operation and Development Second Amendment Act, No. 94 of 1980

13. (1) The Secretary shall as soon as practicable after—

the inclusion in the register of the name of any person born in the Republic or of a South African citizen born outside the Republic; or

the receipt by him of an application for an identity document in the prescribed form and completed by or on behalf of any person whose name has been included in the register (whether before or after the commencement of section 9 of the Population Registration Amendment Act, 1970), and who has attained the age of 16 years, together with two copies of the photograph referred to in section 16 (1),

and subject to the succeeding provisions of this section—

in the case where such person has not attained the age of 16 years, issue a certificate of particulars of birth to him;

in the case where such person has attained the age of 16 years, issue an identity document to him:

Provided that such certificate or such document shall not be issued to any person to whom a certificate of citizenship has been issued in terms of the National States Citizenship Act, 1970 (Act No. 26 of 1970).

(2) If a person referred to in subsection (1) is not a Black his identity document may contain only the following relevant particulars, and no other particulars whatsoever, in relation to him, namely—

his identity number and the date of issue of the identity document;

his full name, date of birth and sex, and the country in which he was born;

an indication whether or not he is a South African citizen;

a recent photograph of himself;

the particulars as to his marriage contained in the marriage register concerned or any other documents relating to the contracting of his marriage, and such other particulars as to his married state as he desires such document to contain;

his driver’s licence issued or valid under or by virtue of an ordinance of a provincial council or the Legislative Assembly of the territory of South-West Africa;

the particulars recorded in terms of section 42 (1) of the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969 (Act No. 75 of 1969), in the register mentioned therein;

his ordinary place of residence and his postal address;

after a date fixed by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette, the electoral division and polling district for the purposes of the Electoral Consolidation Act, 1946 (Act No. 46 of 1946), or any other Act of Parliament relating to the political representation of any race or group in any council or body, in which his ordinary place of residence is situated;

after a date fixed by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette, if he has voted at an election in terms of any law referred to in paragraph (k), a note that he has done so.

(2A) A certificate of particulars of birth shall contain only the following relevant particulars, and no other particulars whatsoever, in respect of the person to whom it relates, namely—

his identity number;

his full name, date of birth and sex, and the country in which he was born;

an indication whether or not he is a South African citizen.

(3) If the person is a Black his identity document may contain only the following relevant particulars, and no other particulars whatsoever, in relation to him, namely—

the particulars referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, and (h) to (l), inclusive, of subsection (2);

the ethnic group or nation and tribe to which he belongs; and

if he is not a South African citizen, his fingerprints.

(4) An identity document issued prior to the amendment of subsection (1) by section 4 (a) of the Population Registration Amendment Act, 1980, in terms of that subsection to a person who had not attained the age of sixteen years, shall lapse on such person’s attaining that age.

(5) An identity document issued in terms of the Identity Documents in South-West Africa Act, 1970, to any person, shall, so long as such person is such a person as is referred to in section 4 (a) of this Act, be deemed to have been issued to him in terms of this section.

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, if his 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 National States Citizenship Act, 1970 (Act No. 26 of 1970), been issued, to produce to such peace officer his identity document.

(2) Every person who is in terms of subsection (1) requested by a peace officer to produce to him his identity document shall, within seven days of the date of such request, produce his identity document to that peace officer or at a police station indicated by him and recorded by the peace officer.

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

(4) The State President may by proclamation in the Gazette declare that the provisions of subsections (1), (2) and (3) with reference to peace officers shall mutatis mutandis apply also with reference to the persons or classes of persons specified in the proclamation and under the circumstances specified therein.