ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT Chapter 6:01 inventory of all goods and effects belonging to the deceased and being in the house or upon the premises at the time of death, and of all other goods and effects known by the person making such inventory or causing such inventory to be made to have belonged to the deceased. (2) Every such inventory shall be subscribed by the person making or causing the same to be made and by the witnesses aforesaid. (3) Any person who fails to make an inventory in terms of this section or to cause such an inventory to be made shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection inserted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.] 15 Transmission to Master, Assistant Master or magistrate (1) Every person hereinbefore required or directed to make, or cause to be made, any such inventory as aforesaid shall, so soon as the same has been made, forthwith deliver or transmit every such inventory— (a) if such person resides in Harare or the district thereof, to the Master; (b) if such person resides in Bulawayo or the district thereof, to the Assistant Master; (c) if such person resides in any other district, to the magistrate. (2) An inventory delivered or transmitted under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) shall be accompanied by a duplicate or fair and true copy thereof. (3) The magistrate shall cause the duplicate or copy of every such inventory so delivered or transmitted to him to be examined, and if need be corrected; and shall authenticate such duplicate or copy with his signature, and file the same of record in his office, transmitting the original to the Master. 16 Inventory by order of the High Court, judge or Master The High Court, or any judge thereof, or the Master, on sufficient cause appearing at any time may order that an inventory of any property belonging to any deceased person, or to the joint estate of any deceased person and the surviving spouse, shall be taken by any person named in such order. 17 Particulars required as to immovable property Every person who is required by section twelve, fourteen or sixteen to make an inventory shall include therein a specified list of all immovable property wherein to his knowledge the deceased had an interest at the date of his death, and, if possible, a reference to the title under which the deceased held such interest, and the date of such title. 18 Penalty clause … Every person who fails to comply with section twelve, fourteen or sixteen shall, in addition to any penalty provided by law, be guilty of an offence and liable to the appropriate penalty prescribed in section one hundred and fourte[Section repealed by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]en. 12 Reissue