ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT
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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
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