The Representation of Natives Act No 12 of 1936 (commenced 10 July) was legislation passed in South Africa which further reduced black rights at the time.

The qualified franchise dated back to the pre-Union period, when the Cape was a separate British colony; it also excluded poorer white men.

The 1936 Act removed blacks to a separate roll – and halted the right to run for office; other earlier legislation removed the qualifications imposed in the Cape on whites.

The act also created a Native Representative Council of six white officials, four nominated and twelve elected Africans.

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