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Dadoo and Naicker are charged

Dadoo and Naicker are charged

Date
16 Feb 1948
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Dadoo and Naicker are charged

Dr Yusuf Dadoo and Dr Gagathura (Monty) Mohambry Naicker were charged with contravening Section 20 (r) of Act No. 22 of 1913, the Immigrants Regulations Act. They were accused of wrongfully and unlawfully aiding or abetting certain Asiatic persons in entering the province of Transvaal from Natal, knowing that the said persons were prohibited in terms of Section 4 (a), read with the Minister's Minutes of the 1st August, 1913, from entering. They were sentenced to six months hard labour each.

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  1. 01SACP, STATEMENT IN COURT BY DR. YUSUF M. DADOO AND DR G.M. NAICKER, WHEN CHARGED WITH AIDING AND ABETTING UNDER THE IMMIGRANTS REGULATION ACT OF 1913, FEBRUARY 26, 1948, from South African Communist Party, [online], Available at www.sacp.org.za [Accessed: 29 January 2014]
  2. 02SAHO, Statement In Court By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. G. M. Naicker, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26, 1948, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 29 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Dadoo and Naicker are charged. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011706

South African History Online (2011) 'Dadoo and Naicker are charged', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011706 (Accessed: 4 August 2026).

South African History Online, Dadoo and Naicker are charged [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011706, (accessed 4 August 2026).

"Dadoo and Naicker are charged." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011706. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Dadoo and Naicker are charged." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011706.

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