Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act

The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (no. 55 of 1949) was one of the first pieces of apartheid legislation enacted after the National Party came to power in South Africa in 1948. The Act banned marriages between “Europeans and non-Europeans,” which, in the language of the time, meant that White people could not marry people of other races. It also made it a criminal offense for a marriage officer to perform an interracial marriage ceremony.

Angela Thompsell 2019. "The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act How the Apartheid Law Affected South Africa". Thought.Co[1]