Hassan v Minister of Justice and Another [1911] ZATPD 168 (28 December 1911)

Asiatic - Registration - Certificate of Age - Right of Asiatic attaining age of sixteen to remain in Transvaal - Act 2 of 1907 - Act 36 of 1908

An Asiatic under the age of sixteen is not entitled, under Act 2 of 1907, in his own person to make an application for registration, but if not liable to deportation is entitled, without the assistance of parent or guardian, to ask the Court to prevent his deportation

The certificate of age, issued by the Registrar of Asiatics under 2 of Act 1907, sec.14, or Act 36 of 1908, sec.12, can only be disregarded by the Court when it is proved that the Registrar in issuing it has made a gross error or has acted in an arbitrary and wanton manner.

An Asiatic who is entitled to enter the Transvaal when under the age of sixteen is not entitled, under Act 2 of 1907, and Act 36 of 1908, to remain there, after attaining the age of sixteen and one month, without·obtaining a registration certificate.