ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT Chapter 6:01 (a) when letters of administration were granted to him, that person was registered under the Estate Administrators Act [Chapter 27:20] and his registration has subsequently been cancelled or suspended in terms of that Act; or (b) in the case of an executor dative, the person is not the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased person and, when the letters of administration were granted to him, he was not registered under the Estate Administrators Act [Chapter 27:20] or his registration under tht Act was suspended. [Subsection inserted by section 68 of Act 16/1998.] (5) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Master to revoke or annul letters of administration in terms of subsection (2) of (4) may appeal against the decision to the Court within the time and in the manner prescribed in rules of court. [Subsection inserted by section 68 of Act 16/1998.] 31 Security for due administration (1) Every executor dative, assumed executor or curator bonis shall, before he is permitted to enter on the administration of the estate, find security to the satisfaction of the Master for the due and faithful administration of the estate to which he has been appointed, for such amount as in the circumstances of each particular case is reasonable. (2) Every executor testamentary shall be under the like obligation of finding security, unless— (a) he is the parent, child or surviving spouse of the deceased testator; or (b) the testator has specially directed in his will that the Master dispense with such security. (3) The Master shall allow the reasonable costs of finding security to be charged out of the estate. (4) The Master may, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, require any executor to furnish security in a sum not exceeding the liabilities of the estate and any inheritance or legacies bequeathed to third parties. 32 Administration of small estates (1) If any person dies whose estate is unrepresented and, in so far as the same is in Zimbabwe, appears to the Master to be under the value of such amount as the Minister may specify in terms of subsection (2), the Master may— (a) cause such estate to be administered and distributed in accordance with by an executor dative, to be by him summarily appointed for that purpose; or (b) dispense with the appointment of an executor dative and direct how such estate shall be administered and distributed. (2) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, specify an amount for the purposes of subsection (1) and may in like manner revoke or amend any such statutory instrument. 18 Reissue