Section 19, The Escheat Ordinance

A certificate vesting the land in question in the Crown,as in the foregoing section mentioned, shall have the like force and effect and be valid to all intents and purposes as if an inquest had been duly holden and the verdict of a jury duly summoned had been given in favour of the Crown in respect of the lands aforesaid: Provided always that any person claiming title to land respecting which the certificate in favour of the Crown shall have been mad~ as aforesaid, may traverse the finding .of the Court and appeal therefrom in the mode hereafter pointed out. The certificate shall be in the form in Schedule E. False oath or affirmation to be perjury. Attendance of Registrar General. Declaration vesting lands in the Crown by way of escheat. Effect of certificate of Judge.