Chapter II: Deceased Estates

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7. Death notices

8. Transmission,  delivery of wills to Master, registration thereof

9. Inventories

10. Repealed

11. Temporary custody of property in deceased estates

12. Appointment of interim curator

13. Deceased estates not to be liquidated or distributed without letters of executorship or direction by Master

14. Letters of executorship to executors testamentary

15. Endorsement of appointment, assumed executors on letters of executorship

16.  Letters of executorship and endorsements to or in favour of corporations

17. Repealed

18.  Proceedings on failure of nomination of executors or on death, incapacity or refusal to act, etc.

19  Competition for office of executor

20.  Application of section 21 to foreign letters of executorship

21  Sealing and signing of letters granted in a State

22  The Master may refuse to grant, endorse or sign seal letters of executorship in certain cases

23  Security for liquidation and distribution

24  Reduction of security given by executors

25  Estates of persons upon death not resident in Republic and do not own any property other than movable property in the Republic

26  Executor charged with custody, control of property in estate

27 Inventories by executors and valuation at instance of Master

28 Banking accounts

29 Notice by executors to lodge claims

30 Restriction on sale, execution of property, deceased estates

31 Late claims

32  Disputed claims

33  Rejected claims

34. Insolvent deceased estates

35. Liquidation and distribution accounts

36. Failure by executor to lodge account or to perform duties

37. Massed estates

38. Taking over by surviving spouse of estate or portion thereof

39. Registration of immovable property in deceased estate

40. Endorsement of testamentary trusts against title deeds and bonds

41. Production of title deed or bond to executor

42. Documents, lodged by executor with registration officer

43. Movable property to which minors and moneys to which absentees or persons under curatorship are entitled

44. Movable property to which minor or unborn heir is entitled subject to usufructuary or fiduciary rights or other like interests

45. Payment of moneys to minors or persons under curatorship domiciled outside the Republic

46. Failure to pay over moneys

47. Sales by executor

48. Extension of time and compounding of debts

49. Purchases by executor of property... mortgaged or pledged to the deceased

50. Executor making wrong distribution

51. Remuneration of executors and interim curators

52. No substitution or surrogation

53. Absence of executor from Republic

54. Removal from office of executor

55. Continuance of pending legal proceedings by remaining or new executor

56. Discharge of executors, and proceedings against discharged executors