Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk, Municipality Paarl
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/PRL
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1858 – 1955
History
The Municipality of Paarl was constituted on 9 October 1840 under the provisions of Ordinance No 9 of 1836.
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Paarl Municipality together with the Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council, Paarl Transitional Representative Council, Saron Transitional Local Council, Wellington Transitional Council and Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council was disestablished and the Drakenstein Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5590, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 488, 22 September 2000). The Drakenstein Local Municipality forms part of the larger Cape Winelands District Municipality.
Places
Western Cape Province.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Paarl.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Paarl.
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
3/PRL
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
6 May 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.
Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette.
Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette.