The Aliens Control Act No 40 of 1973 of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
led to the exemption of the racial group of
Indians
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Associated with India
* of or related to India
** Indian people
** Indian diaspora
** Languages of India
** Indian English, a dialect of the English language
** Indian cuisine
Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
from the need to obtain permits for travel between provinces. However, in terms of
provincial
Provincial may refer to:
Government & Administration
* Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
* Provincial city (disambiguation)
* Provincial minister (disambiguation)
* Provincial Secretary, a position in Canad ...
legislation at the time, Indians were not allowed to stay in the
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State ( ; ) was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Em ...
and parts of northern
Natal
NATAL or Natal may refer to:
Places
* Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
* Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa
** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843)
** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ( ...
for more than a brief period unless prior permission had been obtained.
Repeal
The laws prohibiting Indians from residing in the Orange Free State and northern Natal, from which the
Aliens Control Act had granted an exemption, were themselves repealed in 1986. The act was repealed by section 60 of the
Aliens Control Act, 1991
Alien primarily refers to:
* Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country
** Enemy alien, the above in times of war
* Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth
** Specifically, a lifeform with ext ...
.
References
Apartheid laws in South Africa
1973 in South African law
May 1973 in Africa
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