ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT Chapter 6:01 from such other information as the Master may call for, that the value of the assets of such estate does not exceed such amount as the Minister may specify in terms of subsection (2), the Master in the case of an intestate estate, or in the case of a testate estate in which the executor testamentary may be unable or unwilling to act, may summarily, and without observance of the usual and customary forms, appoint an executor dative to administer the estate of such deceased person: Provided that a person shall not be appointed as an executor dative in terms of this section unless he is⎯ (a) registered under the Estate Administrators Act [Chapter 27:20]; or (b) a surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased person concerned. [Proviso inserted by section 68 of Act 16/1998.] (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. 66 Master may fix time for filing claims and account Any executor appointed as in section sixty-five mentioned shall administer such estate in accordance with the requirements of this Act: Provided that the Master may at any time direct that— (a) such estate is to be administered within a less time than six months; (b) the advertisement calling upon creditors to file their claims is to be inserted once only in the Gazette and in any newspaper published and circulating in Zimbabwe, and that all claims are to be filed within a period, not being less than fourteen days or more than three months, fixed by the Master and notified in such advertisement; (c) the administration and distribution account in such estate is to be filed within a period, not being less than fourteen days, after the last date fixed for the sending in of claims. Estates of Persons not Ordinarily Resident in Zimbabwe 67 Estate of person not resident in Zimbabwe (1) In this section— “bank” means a bank registered in terms of the Banking Act [Chapter 24:01]; “building society” means a society registered in terms of the Building Societies Act [Chapter 24:020]; “financiale institutionhouse” means a financial institution finance house registered in terms of the Banking Act [Chapter 24:01]; [Definition substituted for former definition of "financial institution" by s. 82 of Act 9/1999.] “shares” means any part of the share capital of any company and includes debentures, debenture stock or any other like form of marketable security. 32 Reissue