Administration of Estates Act, 1965
R 385
Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No. 66 of 1965)Chapter II: Deceased Estates29. Notice by executors to lodge claims |
| 1) | Every executor shall, as soon as may be after letters of executorship have been granted to him, cause a notice to be published in the Gazette and in one or more newspapers circulating in the district in which the deceased ordinarily resided at the time of his death and, if at any time within the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of his death he so resided in any other district, also in one or more newspapers circulating in that other district, or if he was not ordinarily so resident in any district in the Republic, in one or more newspapers circulating in a district where the deceased owned property, calling upon all persons having claims against his estate to lodge such claims with the executor within such period (not being less than thirty days or more than three months) from the date of the latest publication of the notice as may be specified therein. |
| 2) | All claims which would be capable of proof in case of the insolvency of the estate may be lodged under sub-section (1). |
