ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT Chapter 6:01 division is a fair one, consent to such division on behalf of the minor interested and appear before the Registrar of Deeds to join in the requisite transfers of partition. 122 Disposal of minors’ property In cases where minor heirs are interested in property inherited from the estate of any deceased person the Master may apply through the chamber book to a judge in chambers for authority for the lease, mortgage, sale or other disposition of such property, and the judge may make such order as in the circumstances he considers advisable. 123 Master may invest money of minors in purchase of immovable property in Zimbabwe (1) The Master may, in consultation with the tutor or natural guardian of any minor, consent to the investment of the whole or any portion of any moneys belonging to such minor in the purchase of immovable property in Zimbabwe to be transferred into the name of the minor. (2) When any money has been paid into the Guardian’s Fund to the credit of a minor as by law required the Master may pay out any sum requisite in respect to such purchase. 124 Records of Master’s office (1) The Master or Assistant Master, as the case may be, shall preserve all original wills, codicils, testamentary instruments, death notices, inventories and liquidation, administration and distribution accounts lodged with him under this Act, and any person may at any time during office hours inspect any such document, and, subject to subsection (2), obtain a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, on payment of the prescribed fees: Provided that any person holding office under the State shall be and is hereby authorized, without the payment of any fee, to inspect such deed or document aforesaid or to take a copy thereof or extract therefrom, whenever it is necessary or expedient that the same should be done by any such person in the discharge of the duties of his office. (2) The Master or the Assistant Master may— (a) refuse to allow an inspection referred to in subsection (1) if he considers it necessary to do so in the interests of the privacy of any person who is a beneficiary, parent, child or spouse of the deceased; (b) refuse to issue a copy or an extract referred to in subsection (1) where he is not satisfied that such copy or extract is required for a purpose which, in his opinion, is a lawful or proper one or for any other reason; (c) issue a limited number only of copies or extracts referred to in subsection (1) to any one applicant therefor. (3) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Master or the Assistant Master in terms of subsection (2) may apply to the High 60 Reissue

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