ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT Chapter 6:01 PART I PPRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6:01]. 2 Interpretation In this Act— “Assistant Master” means the Assistant Master of the High Court referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section three or any person performing his functions in terms of subsection (2) of that section; [Definition substituted by section 4 of Act 12/1997.] “magistrate for the district” means the magistrate whose court is situated within the district concerned or, where there is no magistrates court situated within the district concerned, the magistrate whose court is situated nearest thereto; “Master” means the Master of the High Court referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section three or any person performing his functions in terms of subsection (2) of that section; [Definition substituted by section 4 of Act 12/1997.] “Minister” means the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act. PART II MMASTER’S OOFFICE 3 Master and other officers (1) Subject to the law relating to the Public Service, there shall be⎯ (a) a Master of the High Court; and (b) a Deputy Master of the High Court; and (c) an Assistant Master of the High Court at Bulawayo; and (d) such further Assistant Masters of the High Court and other officers as may be necessary for the proper administratio of this Act; whose offices shall be public offices and form part of the Public Serbvice. (2) Subject to this Act and any directions the Master may give them, the officers referred to in paragraph (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (1) shall perform such of the Master's functions, whether under this Act or any other enactment, as the Master may assign to them. [Section substituted by section 4 of Act 12/1997.]a 4 Office of record (1) The office of the Master shall be an office of record for that part of Zimbabwe defined in the First Schedule and the office of the 6 Reissue