Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Alexandria
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/AXA
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1856 – 1977
History
A magistrate's court was established at Alexandria on 15 September 1856.
The magistrate held periodical courts at Springmount, Sandflats, Boesmansrivier, Paterson and Kinkelbos. He also acted as inspector of native locations, deputy registrar of births and deaths and as chairman of the liquor licensing court.
Since c1946 the magistrate also acted as bantu affairs commissioner.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Alexandria.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Alexandria.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
1/AXA
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
4 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.