129 Oath to be taken after valuation made Every person who is called upon to value any assets or property in terms of section one hundred and twentyeight shall take an oath before any judge of the High Court, magistrate, justice of the peace or commissioner of oaths that he has valued such assets or property according to the just, proper and true valuation thereof to the best of his skill and knowledge and shall transmit his valuation, supported by that oath, to the Master or Assistant Master, as the case may be. 130 Meetings before magistrate or other authorized official Any meeting advertised to be held before any magistrate under this Act may, in the absence of such magistrate on leave or duty or through indisposition, be held before an official to be authorized by the Master. 131 Certified copies of duplicate original documents admissible in evidence Whenever any duplicate original documents have, under this Act, been lodged in the office of the Assistant Master or of any magistrate, a copy or extract thereof, signed and certified as a true copy or extract thereof by the Assistant Master or magistrate, as the case may be, having custody of such document, and every such copy authenticated by the Assistant Master, a magistrate or the Master, as the case may be, as has under this Act been lodged in the office of the Assistant Master or any magistrate, shall be admissible in evidence in any court, and before any person having by law or consent of parties authority to hear, receive and examine evidence. 132 Minister may make regulations (1) The Minister may make regulations providing for any matter which by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in his opinion, is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the better carrying into effect of this Act and generally for the management and good conduct of the business of the Master’s office. [Subsection as amended by section 5 of Act No. 6 of 1997.] (2) Regulations in terms of subsection (1) may provide for— (a) the custody and preservation of the records, securities and valuable effects of the Master’s office; (b) the payment of money into and out of the Guardian’s Fund; (c) the fees which shall be payable in respect of the administration of the estates of deceased persons or of estates under curatorship or tutorship; (d) the fees which shall be payable in respect of any act, matter or thing done or caused to be done by the Master or in the Master’s office; (e) the manner in which any fees referred to in paragraph (c) or (d) shall be paid; (f) the functions of executors in terms of Part IIIA and the application to such executors, subject to such modifications as may be specified, of the provisions of this Act relating to executors. (Paragraph inserted by section 5 of Act No. 6 of 1997.) FIRST SCHEDULE (Sections 4, 5, 8 and 52) A REA F OR WHICH M ASTER’S OFFICE IS O FFICE OF R ECORD The area lying to the north and east of the line drawn from the confluence of the Zambezi and Munyati Rivers; thence up the Munyati River to its intersection by the eastern boundary of Moreena Ranch, thence along the eastern boundaries of Moreena Ranch and Mazuri Ranch, and along the southern boundary of Mazuri Ranch to the north-eastern beacon of Pavlova, thence along the eastern boundaries of Pavlova, Twin Springs Ranch and Mvurachena to the Sebakwe River, thence up the Sebakwe River to its intersection by the north-western boundary of Central Estates, thence along the north-western, south-western and south-eastern boundaries of Central Estates to the westernmost beacon of Pela, thence along the south-western boundaries of Pela, Pansi and Ensimoen to the Ngezi River, thence down the Ngezi River to its last intersection by the eastern boundary of Gamwa Division of African Purchase Land, thence along the eastern and southern boundaries of Gamwa Division of African Purchase Land and the southern boundaries of Lelas and Umgwalate to the Musabezi River, thence down the Musabezi and Runde Rivers to the confluence of the Runde and Magwi Rivers, thence along the north-western boundary of Nuanetsi Ranch A to the Mwenezi River, thence up the Mwenezi River to its intersection by the eastern boundary of Wedza Block, thence along the eastern and southern boundaries of Wedza Block to the Bubi River, thence down the Bubi River to its confluence with the Limpopo River. SECOND SCHEDULE (Sections 5, 23, 70 and 72) F ORMS FORM A DEATH NOTICE Pursuant to the provisions contained in the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6:01]

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