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Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No. 66 of 1965)

Chapter II: Deceased Estates

30. Restriction on sale In execution of property in deceased estates

 

No person charged with the execution of any writ or other process shall—

a) before the expiry of the period specified in the notice referred to in section twenty-nine ; or
b) thereafter, unless, in the case of property of a value not exceeding R5 000, the Master or, in the case of any other property, the Court otherwise directs,

sell any property in the estate of any deceased person which has been attached whether before or after his death under such writ or process: Provided that the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply if such first-mentioned person could not have known of the death of the deceased person.