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Port Elizabeth Criminal and Civil Court
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Magistrate, Port Elizabeth

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  • 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).