The Act was to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good Hope, to coloured persons settlement areas within the meaning of the Coloured Persons Settlement Areas (Cape) Act, 1930, to repeal the latter Act and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Archive record
Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961

- Origin date
- October 1993
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113217
South African History Online (2016) 'Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961 ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113217 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113217, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961 ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113217. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act, Act No 3 of 1961 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113217.
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