Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, King William's Town

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, King William's Town

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 1/KWT

Other form(s) of name

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Description area

Dates of existence

1852 – 1981

History

A magistrate’s court was established at King William’s Town in British Kaffraria on 1 September 1852 (GH23/21 General Despatches, 20 September 1852, pp 158 – 159). On 17 April 1866 British Kaffraria was annexed to the Cape Colony (Government Gazette Extraordinary No 3788 dated 17 April 1866, Proclamation No 30 dated 17 April 1866).

On 26 October 1928 the Magistrate of King William’s Town was also appointed as Native Commissioner and an Additional Native Commissioner appointed (Government Gazette No 1734 dated 26 October 1928, Government Notice No 1865, dated 26 October 1928). On 27 April 1929 criminal jurisdiction was conferred on the Additional Native Commissioner (Government Gazette No 1784 dated 30 May 1929, Proclamation No 118 dated 30 May 1929).

Places

Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
British Kaffraria.
King William's Town.

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

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Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

1/KWT

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

28 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.

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