Magistrate, Somerset West

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Magistrate, Somerset West

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 1/SSW

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Contact area

Description area

Dates of existence

1876 – 1982

History

A Special Justice of the Peace for Somerset West in the district of Stellenbosch was appointed with effect from 15 September 1876 (Government Gazette No 5611 dated 8 September 1876, Proclamation No 60 dated 7 September 1876). From May 1881 Somerset West was also the seat of a periodical court held by the Magistrate of Stellenbosch. An Assistant Resident Magistrate was appointed at Somerset West as from 1 July 1882 (Government Gazette No 1410 dated 28 June 1892, Government Notice No 663 dated 25 June 1882). A magistrate’s court was established at Somerset West on 20 October 1928 (Government Gazette No 1734 dated 26 October 1928, Proclamation No 248 dated 20 October 1928).

Places

Western Cape Province.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Somerset West.

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Subject access points

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Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

1/SSW

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.
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette.

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