Natives (Urban Areas) Act
The Natives (Urban Areas) Act, 1923 deemed urban areas in South Africa as "white" and required all black African men in cities and towns to carry out permits called "passes" at all times. Anyone found without a pass would be arrested immediately and sent to a rural area. It was replaced in 1945 by the Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act, 1945 which imposed essentially the same restrictions.
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