Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Maclear

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Maclear

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 1/MCR

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Contact area

Description area

Dates of existence

1878 – 1981

History

When Griqualand East was annexed to the Cape Colony on 1 October 1879, a Magistrate’s Court was established at Gatberg as from that date (Government Gazette No 5951 dated 19 September 1879, Proclamation No 112 of 17 September 1879). The name of Gatberg was changed to Maclear in July 1880 (Government Gazette No 6034 dated 2 July 1880, Government Notice No 679 of 24 June 1880).

Places

Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape colony.
Maclear.

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/MCR

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

19 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.

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