Suppression of Communism Act, 1950/Versions

Various versions of the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, exist:

• as enacted on 17 July 1950 and as came into force on that date.
• as amended on 20 July 1951 by the Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1951.
• as amended on 15 April 1954 by the Riotous Assemblies and Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1954.
• as amended on 27 June 1962 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1962.
• as amended on 2 May 1963 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1963.
• as amended on 24 June 1964 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1964.
• as amended on 22 June 1965 by the Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1965.
• as amended on 21 February 1966 by the Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1966.
• as amended on 4 November 1966 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1966.
• as amended on 8 March 1967 by the Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1967.
• as amended on 21 June 1967 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1967.
• as amended on 21 June 1968 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1968.
• as amended on 8 March 1972 by the Suppression of Communism Amendment Act, 1972.
• as amended on 20 June 1975 by the General Law Amendment Act, 1975.

It was renamed the Internal Security Act, 1950 by the Internal Security Amendment Act, 1976. Under this name it had the following versions:

• as amended on 16 June 1976 by the Internal Security Amendment Act, 1976.
• as amended on 2 June 1978 by the Criminal Procedure Matters Amendment Act, 1978.
• as amended on 2 July 1982 by the Internal Security Act, 1982.

The remainder of the act was repealed on 31 July 1991 by the Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act, 1991.