[1 of 5] Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, Part I, Chapters 1-3, by Trevor Noah (2019)
IMMORALITY ACT, 1927
To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other acts in relation thereto.
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:—
- Any European male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a native female, and any native male who has illicit carnal intercourse with a European female…shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
- Any native female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her and any European...