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The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa.
When the law was enforced
THE SEPErate AMENTITIES ACT FORCED PEOPLE TO USE SEPARATE BUSES, TRAINS, PARKS, BENCHES,HOTELS, MOVIES, HOSPITAL, AMBULANCE, TOILETS, ECT
The Act legalized the racial segregation of public premises, vehicles and services. Only public roads and streets were excluded from the Act. Section 3b stated that the facilities for different races did not need to be equal, while Section 3a made it legal not only to supply segregated facilities, but also to completely exclude people, based on their race, from public premises, vehicles or services. In practice the best facilities were reserved for whites while those for other races were inferior.[citation needed]
On 20 June 1990 the South African Parliament voted to repeal the Act,[1] and on 15 October 1990 it was finally repealed by the Discriminatory Legislation regarding Public Amenities Repeal Act.
