This Act makes provision principally for the legal status and administration of estates of deceased persons leaving property in Zambia.
This contains rules relative to the making, registering and execution of wills, provides for the administration of property included in a testament and provides for court proceedings regarding testate estates. Wills may be placed in custody with the High Court. The Act sets out procedures of administration and prohibits any interfering with property of deceased by any person who is not authorized to do so.
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Long title of text
An Act to simplify the law governing the making of wills; to provide for adequate financial and other provisions to be made for dependants in a will; to provide for the administration of estates of persons dying having made a valid will; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
Date of consolidation/reprint
01 Jan 1994
Consolidated version of Act No. 6 of 1989 as at 2006 and amended by Act No. 13 of 1994.