Editing Internal passport (section)

===South Africa===

In [[South Africa]], the [[pass laws]] (notably the Pass Laws Act 1952, which applied until 1986) were a component of the [[apartheid]] system.  The laws regulated where, when and for how long persons could remain outside their "homeland"—which, for many people, was not their homeland, so thousands of indigenous people [[forced displacement|were forced to change region]]. These laws also made it compulsory for all black South Africans over the age of 15 to carry a ''pass book'' at all times. However, the legislation also required that citizens of all races have on their person an ID book, which closely approximates a passport.