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Effect of moneys remaining unclaimed for five years
Cap. 91, s. 93 · Revised Edition 2020
All moneys advertised under section 92, which remain unclaimed for a remaining period of five years from the time when they came to the hands of the Registrar shall become and be part and parcel of the Consolidated Revenue and all right,
title and interest of every person in and to them shall be statute barred,
Provided that nothing in this section shall operate to preclude any person who has a moral claim to such unclaimed money from applying by petition to the Minister for payment of the whole or any part thereof, and if the Minister considers it just and equitable that such application be granted he may, with the approval of the National Assembly, order that the whole of the said sum or any part thereof shall be paid out to that person.
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