A body of laws in operation in South Africa under apartheid, controlling the rights of black people to residence and travel and implemented by means of identity documents compulsorily carried.
（过去曾在南非强制实行的旨在控制黑人住、行的）通行证法
Example sentencesExamples
They conjure up images of Nazi Germany and the pass laws of apartheid in South Africa.
They faced pass laws that restricted travel, constant harassment by government officials and police, arrests and detentions.
20 000 women marched on the Union Building in Pretoria to protest against the imposition of the pass laws affecting blacks.
Women's Day marks a march by 20000 women against the pass laws of the old apartheid government in 1956.
Synonyms
make laws, pass laws, enact laws, formulate laws, establish laws, codify laws, ratify laws, constitutionalize, put laws in force