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Malan introduces Asiatic Bill

Malan introduces Asiatic Bill

Date
23 Jul 1925
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Malan introduces Asiatic Bill

Daniel F. Malan, the then minister of the Interior, announced the introduction of the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration Bill also known as the Asiatic Bill. The Bill defined Indian people as aliens and recommended the limitation of their population through a repatriation process. This Bill was far more stringent than its predecessor, the Class Areas Bill, which had been introduced to merely enforce segregation.

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  1. 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 68.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Malan introduces Asiatic Bill. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011474

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South African History Online. "Malan introduces Asiatic Bill." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011474.

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