ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT Chapter 6:01 administration of the entire estate of the deceased situate in Zimbabwe as though the said letters had been letters of administration granted by the Master: Provided that— (i) the Master shall not sign and seal any such letters so produced in any case where letters of administration have been granted already by him in respect of the estate of any deceased person which is situate in Zimbabwe; (ii) before any such letters are signed and sealed a certificate of death and a duly certified copy of the will, if any, of the deceased, and an inventory of all property within Zimbabwe known to belong to him, shall be lodged with the Master, and the same stamps, fees of office, duties and security shall be paid and given which would be required if the said letters had been letters dative granted by the Master; (iii) if the Master refuses to sign and seal any such letters of administration so produced the person thereby authorized and empowered to act may, after notice to the Master, make application to the High Court for relief and thereupon the High Court shall make such order as to it seems just; (iv) the person in whose favour such letters of administration have been granted shall insert in the Gazette, and in such newspaper as the Master may direct, a notice calling upon all creditors and persons interested ab intestato or otherwise to lodge with the Master the particulars of their claims and of their objections to the signing and sealing of such letters of administration within a period of twenty-one days after the notice in the Gazette; (v) if within the said period no such claims or objections have been lodged or if such claims have been paid and proof of such payment is produced to the Master and it further appears that there are no minors resident in Zimbabwe who are interested in the distribution of the estate, then such letters of administration may be signed and sealed by the Master in manner hereinbefore provided without observance of the usual and customary forms and without his requiring security to be given; (vi) if the Master refuses to sign and seal such letters of administration, proviso (iii) shall apply; (vii) the Master shall notify the proper officer of the High Court granting such letters of administration that he has signed and sealed the same without security being given and shall transmit with such notification a certified copy of any inventory lodged with him as by proviso (ii) is required. 36 Letters granted by British Consular Courts recognized Letters of administration lawfully granted by any British Consular Court shall be deemed and taken to be granted in a State to which section thirty-five applies. 20 Reissue