Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate, Pearston
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/PST
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1890 – 1976
History
A Special Justice of Peace was appointed at Pearston in the district of Somerset East on 1 June 1890 (Government Gazette No 7188, dated 13 May 1890, Proclamation No 99 dated 9 May 1890).
An Assistant Resident Magistrate’s Court was established at Pearston on 17 April 1893 (Government Gazette No 7490, dated 14 April 1893, Government Notice No 321, dated 27 March 1893).
As from 18 November 1907 the Assistant Resident Magistrate of Pearston also received jurisdiction over parts of the districts of Jansenville and Graaff-Reinet (Government Gazette No 9016 dated 22 November 1907, Proclamation No 543 dated 18 November 1907).
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Pearston.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Pearston.
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/PST
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
26 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.