Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Kuruman

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Kuruman

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 1/KMN

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Contact area

Description area

Dates of existence

1887 – 1982

History

A magistrate’s court was established at Kuruman in British Bechuanaland on 8 September 1887 (D Ward: British Bechuanaland Proclamations, 1885 – 1893, Proclamation No 39 BB dated 8 September 1887, pp 69 – 71). The territory of British Bechuanaland was annexed to the Cape Colony on 16 November 1895 (Government Gazette No 7762 dated 12 November 1895, Proclamations Nos 457 – 458, dated 11 November 1895).

The Magistrate of Kuruman was also appointed Native Commissioner on 1 October 1928 (Government Gazette No 1734 dated 26 October 1928, Government Notice No 1865 dated 26 October 1928). On 9 March 1955 the Native Commissioner received criminal jurisdiction in respect of any offence committed by a Native within the area of jurisdiction (Government Gazette No 5437 dated 25 March 1955, Proclamation No 78 dated 9 March 1955).

Places

Northern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
British Bechuanaland.
Kuruman.

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

1/KMN

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

13 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

D Ward (ed): British Bechuanaland Proclamations, 1885 – 1893.
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.

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