Portal:Acts of the Parliament of South Africa

“ Any person who wilfully enters or uses any public premises or public vehicle or any portion thereof or any counter, bench, seat or other amenity or contrivance which has in terms of sub-section (1) been set apart or reserved for the exclusive use of persons belonging to a particular race or class, being a race or class to which he does not belong, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. ”

“ In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—
“land” includes the sea and the sea-shore as defined in section one of the Sea-shore Act, 1935 (Act No. 21 of 1935) ;
[Definition of “land” inserted by s. 1 of Act No. 10 of 1960.] “public premises” includes any land, enclosure, building, structure, hall, room, office or convenience to which the public has access, whether on the payment of an admission fee or not but does not include a public road or street ”