90-day, adjective
historical
a. Of or pertaining to the General Law Amendment Act of 1963, or more particularly clause 17 of this Act, which stipulates that a police officer may, for the purposes of interrogation, detain one suspected of committing, intending to commit, or having knowledge of certain political offences, for up to ninety days without access to a court of law.
1964 Black Sash Vol.8 No.1, 56Since then (sc. 1962) hundreds of South Africans have been detained under the now notorious ‘90-day clause’.
1991 J. Pauw In Heart of Whore 41[Ruth] First, who was professor in African Studies at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo and wife of South African Communist Party leader Joe Slovo, had been the first woman to be detained in the 1960s under the infamous ‘90-Day Act’.
b. Of detention: imposed and administered under the terms of this Act.
1971 Rand Daily Mail 24 May 10Eight years ago the Nationalist Government, revealing its contempt for the rule of law, introduced 90-day detention without trial.
Of or pertaining to the General Law Amendment Act of 1963, or more particularly clause 17 of this Act, which stipulates that a police officer may, for the purposes of interrogation, detain one suspected of committing, intending to commit, or having knowledge of certain political offences, for up to ninety days without access to a court of law.
imposed and administered under the terms of this Act.
- Derivatives:
- Hence 90 days noun phrase (alluding to this legislation).1964 D. Marais I Like it Here (cartoon)I suppose because it’s leap year we’ll do 91 days instead of 90 days.1986 Style Dec.–Jan. 41Any talk of multiracialism, in any form, got you 90 days or 180 or early retirement on Robben Island.
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