Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No. 66 of 1965)Chapter VI: Miscellaneous Provisions101. Evidence |
| 1) | A copy certified by the Master of any letters of executorship, tutorship or curatorship lodged with him under section 21 , or under the said section read with section 74 , or of a copy of any such letters, shall be admissible in evidence as if it were the original letters. |
| 2) | A certificate under the hand of the Master that any person named in the certificate has under any such letters signed and sealed by him been authorised— |
| a) | in the case of an executor, to liquidate and distribute the estate in the Republic of the deceased person named in the certificate; |
| b) | [Section 101(2)(b) deleted by section 26 of Act No. 57 of 1988.] |
| c) | in the case of a tutor or curator, to perform any act in respect of or to take care of or administer the property in the Republic of the minor or other person so named, or to carry on any business or undertaking in the Republic of such minor or person, as the case may be, shall be admissible in evidence as prima facie proof that such first-mentioned person has been so authorised. |
| 3) | A certificate under the hand of the Master shall be prima facie proof of any loss referred to in section 23 (5) or in section 77 (5) , and of any value referred to in section 35 (1) or in section 46 or in the last-mentioned section as applied by section 85 . |