Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Port Alfred

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Magistrate and Bantu Affairs Commissioner, Port Alfred

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 1/PTA

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Description area

Dates of existence

1848 – 1977

History

A magistrate’s court was established at Bathurst on 8 March 1848 (Government Gazette No 2206 dated 9 March 1848, Proclamation dated 8 March 1848). According to the documents, however, the Resident Magistrate was unofficially in office since February 1847.

As from 15 March 1870 the court was transferred to Port Alfred (Government Gazette No 4211 dated 15 March 1870, Proclamation No 13 dated 15 March 1870).

On 10 August 1904 a periodical court to be held by the Magistrate of Port Alfred was established at Bathurst (Government Gazette No 8676 dated 19 August 1904, Proclamation No 255 dated 10 August 1904) and again discontinued on 30 May 1905 (Government Gazette No 8758 dated 2 June 1905, Proclamation No 172 dated 30 May 1905). No records of this periodical court could be traced.

On 1 October 1928 the Magistrate of Port Alfred was also appointed as Native Commissioner (Government Gazette No 1734 dated 26 October 1928, Government Notice No 1865 dated 26 October 1928).

Places

Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Port Alfred.
Bathurst.

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Functions, occupations and activities

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Control area

Authority record identifier

1/PTA

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

31 March 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.

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