Purbhoo Pursooth v Minister of Justice and Another [1912] ZATPD 126 (5 November 1912)

Asiatics-Registration-Application for-Refusal-Notice-N on-receipt-Error-Carelessness of applicant.-
Act 2 of 1907.

An Asiatic applicant for registration under 4-ct 2 of 1907
gave as his address a certain post office box number.
Notice of refusal to register was posted to the box
number, but owing to an error, which was partly
due to the applicant's carelessness, the notice was
returned to the sender. The applicant consequnently
failed to note an appeal against the refusal to register,
and was subsequnently ordered to be deported: -
Held, that the applicant was not entitled to relief.