Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Assistant Magistrate, Jamestown
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/JTN
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1877 – 1980
History
In December 1876, in terms of Act No 10 of 1876, entitled an “Act to improve the Administration of Justice in places distant from a Seat of Magistracy”, the limits of a Special Justice of the Peace for Jamestown were proclaimed as from 13 January 1877. Government Notice No 761 of 21 December 1876 notified the appointment a Special Justice of the Peace at Jamestown of AJ Kidwell.
Proclamation No 3 of 11 January 1883 announced the establishment of an additional court to that of the Special Justice of the Peace, namely a Periodical Court to be held by the Resident Magistrate of Aliwal North at Jamestown.
The office of Special Justice of the Peace was upgraded to that of an Assistant Magistrate as from 1 September 1952.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Jamestown.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Jamestown.
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/JTN
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
14 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.