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Population Registration.

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Act No. 30 of 1950.

(f)

in the case of a registered voter, the electoral division and polling district in which he is registered as a voter under the Electoral Consolidation Act, 1946 (Act No. 46 of 1946);

(g)

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

(h)

a recent photograph of himself, except in the case of a person who has not yet attained the age of sixteen years, or who has been admitted to the Union for a temporary purpose; and

(i)

his identity number.

(2) There shall in respect of every native whose name is included in the register, be included in the register the following particulars and no other particulars whatsoever, namely—

(a)

his full name, sex and the district in which he is ordinarily resident;

(b)

his citizenship or nationality, the ethnic or other group and the tribe to which he belongs;

(c)

the date, or if the date is not known, the year or reputed year, and the place, or if the place is not known, the district of his birth;

(d)

his marital status;

(e)

the year of his arrival in the Union, if not born in a part of South Africa included in the Union;

(f)

a recent photograph of himself except in the case of a native who has not yet attained the age of sixteen years, and, in the case of a native who is not a South African citizen, his fingerprints; and

(g)

his identity number.

(3) Upon the death or permanent departure from the Union of a person whose name is included in the register, the date of his death or departure from the Union, as the case may be, shall be recorded in the register.

Copies of register to be maintained in every district.

8. (1) There shall be maintained at the office of the magistrate of every district or at such other office within a district as the Minister may approve, a copy of the register containing the names and other particulars recorded in the register in respect of all persons registered as residing within that district.

(2) A list made from the copy of the register maintained in terms of sub-section (1) and containing in respect of every person whose name is included therein the undermentioned particulars and no other particulars whatsoever, shall be open for inspection by the public at the office of the magistrate of the district to which the list relates and at such other places within the district as the Director may determine at all reasonable times during office hours—

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