ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT Chapter 6:01 and lodge with the Master proof that such endorsement has been made. (2) If an administrator has been appointed to administer any property of a deceased person under his will, the executor of the estate shall— (a) transfer to the administrator such of the movable property of the deceased as should, according to the distribution account, be delivered; and (b) cause the appropriate terms of the will or a reference thereto to be endorsed by the Registrar of Deeds against any title deeds or bond, whereupon the administrator shall become the owner of the immovable property or the holder of the bond, as the case may be; and (c) lodge with the Master a quittance by the administrator for such property and proof that any deeds and bonds have been endorsed in accordance with paragraph (b). (3) Nothing in this section shall affect the right of any executor to sell any property for the purpose of paying the debts of the estate of the deceased. 59 Penalty for refusing to deliver title deed to executor when required (1) Any person who is in possession of a title deed, that is required by an executor in order to comply with section fifty-eight, and who refuses to deliver it to the executor or unreasonably delays the its delivery of such deed to such to the executor ⎯ (a) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment; and (b) , in addition,shall be liable to pay all reasonable costs to which the executor may be put in obtaining possession of suchthe deed;. [Subsection as substituted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.]but the legal rights or position of such person shall not be affected by his delivery of such deed in terms of this section. (1a) Where a person delivers to an executor a title deed referred to in subsection (1), his rights in respect of any property to which the deed relates, or in respect of any debt or other thing secured by the deed shall not be affected by his delivery of the deed to the executor. [Subsection as substituted by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.] (2) Every executor shall, so soon as such deed is no longer required for the purposes of complying with section fifty-eight, return it to the person from whom it was received, if, but for this section, such person would be entitled to possession thereof. 60 Court may grant its consent to alienation or mortgage of property subject to certain restrictions Whenever under a will or other instrument any unborn person will be entitled to any interest in immovable property which is subject to 30 Reissue

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