Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Principal Immigration Officer, Department of the Interior, Cape Town
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- PIO
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1903 – 1961
History
In 1902 the Medical Officer of Health, attached to the Local Government and Public Health Branch of the Cape Colonial Office, was charged with administering the Immigration Act, 1902 and subsequently the Chinese Exclusion Act, 1904.
These relevant duties together with that of aided immigration were transferred to a Chief Immigration Officer as from February 1905 when the Immigration and Labour Branch of the Colonial Office was established.
After the formation of the Union of South Africa and as from June 1910 immigration affairs devolved upon the Department of Interior, the responsible officer being the Principal Immigration Officer.
Places
Cape Colony.
Cape Province.
Cape Town.
Cape Province.
Cape Town.
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
PIO
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
11 May 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Civil Service List.
Union of South Africa Public Service List.
Union of South Africa Public Service List.