Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949

The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (Act No. 55/1949. ) ( Afrikaans: Wet op verbod van Gemengde Huwelike, German about intermarriage Prohibition Act ) was a South African law of apartheid and instrument of racial segregation.

The law was enacted in 1949 and prohibited marriage between a white person and a person of any other skin color ( color). It came out in 1927, which was supplemented in 1957 next to the Immorality Act. In addition, further joined the Population Registration Act of 1950.

In 1968, the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act was supplemented and repealed in 1986.