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  "value": "section 55 repealed July 31, 1991",
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  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1950-south-africa-suppression-of-communism-act",
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    "final_url": "https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/cis/omalley/OMalleyWeb/03lv02039/04lv02040/05lv02042.htm",
    "title": "1991 (Chronology, O'Malley Archive)",
    "publisher": "Nelson Mandela Foundation / O'Malley Archives",
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