Section 5, The Escheat Ordinance

In any case where real property has by escheat or other- Transfer ofwise become part of thegeneral revenue of the Colony, and by ;~~~~~~~dto reason of any difficulty in procuring sale for the same or from Accountant h h b · d General or any ot er cause, sue property cannot e, or IS not converte claimants. into money, the Governor may execute a deed of transfer thereof to the Accountant General for the time being, in the form set forth in Schedule A to this Ordinance annexed, and such deed shall be registered in the Office of the Registrar General and the property thereby transferred shall be held by the Accountant General and his successors for the public purposes of the Government,· and shall be thereafter for that purpose let for hire, sold, or otherwise dealt with as the Governor may direct: Appointment of Escheator. Payment of fees, etc., to Escheator. Chief Justice to be Commissioner of Escheat. In order to escheat, Attorney General may file a claim. No escheat after twenty years' possession. Provided, however, that the Governor in Council, as hereinbefore provided, may from time to time after the appropriation of such real estate direct a transfer of the whole or any part thereof to be made to any person or persons who shall, under sections 2 or 3 of this Ordinance, establish a claim thereto, subject, however, to such terms, conditions and limitations as the Governor in Council may direct, and thereupon a transfer shall be made in the form set forth in Schedule B to this Ordinance.