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Magistrate, Port Elizabeth

  • 1/PEZ
  • Governmental body
  • 1831 – 1981
A magistrate’s court was first established at Port Elizabeth on 8 April 1825 (Government Gazette No 1004, dated 9 April 1825, Proclamation dated 8 April 1825). However the court was disbanded on 19 December 1827 (Government Gazette No 1145, Ordinance 30, dated 19 December 1827). Sir B D’Urban re- established the court at Port Elizabeth on 6 February 1837 (Government Gazette No 1625 dated 10 February 1837, Proclamation No 1–1837, dated 6 February 1837).

Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Mount Fletcher

  • 1/MTF
  • Governmental body
  • 1882 – 1968

According to the documents, a magistrate’s court was established at Mount Fletcher in approximately September 1882. Before the establishment of the magistracy, an officer styled Clerk in Charge, A Molife, was stationed at Mount Fletcher in the district of Gatberg (Government Gazette no 6012, dated 20 April 1880, Government Notice no 439, dated 19 April 1880).

The Magistrate of Mount Fletcher was also appointed Native Commissioner as from 1 October 1928 (Government Gazette no 1734, dated 26 October 1928, Government Notice no 1865 of 1928).

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