 On July 23, 1986, as part of a process of removing some apartheid laws, the South African government lifted the requirement to carry passbooks, although the pass law system itself was not yet repealed.The system of pass laws was formally repealed retroactive on April 23, 1986, with the Abolition of Influx Control Act.Helen Suzman (MP) mentioned the act as the most eminent reform of a government had ever introduced.