Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No. 66 of 1965)Chapter I: Administrative Provisions5. Records of Master's office, etc. |
| 1) | Each Master shall, subject to the provisions of regulations made under section 103 , preserve of record in his office all original wills, copies of wills certified in terms of section 14 (2) , written instruments, death notices, inventories and accounts lodged at his office under the provisions of this Act or any prior law under which any such documents were lodged at the office of the Master, Orphan Master or registrar of deeds in the province concerned Territory, and such other documents lodged at his office as the Master may determine. |
| 2) | Any person may at any time during office hours inspect any such document (except, during the lifetime of the person who executed it, a will lodged with the Master under section fifteen of the Administration of Estates Act, 1913 (Act No. 24 of 1913)), and make or obtain a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, on payment of the fees prescribed in respect thereof: Provided that any executor, trustee, tutor or curator, or his surety, may inspect any such document or cause it to be inspected without payment of any fee. |