Section 16 Right to claim moneys in Queen’s Remembrancer’s Hands.C1

Every person having any legal claim to the moneys to be paid over in terms of this Act, or any part of them, shall have such and the like claim thereto, and such and the like right to demand and recover the same from F1the Secretary of State, after payment thereof to the Secretary of State, as from the person or persons having possession of such moneys before payment to the Secretary of State; and an order by the court in which any consignation has been made or received for the payment thereof, or of any part thereof, to any person or persons named, shall be sufficient warrant to the Secretary of State to make such payment, and such court shall continue to have jurisdiction relative to the disposal of such consignation, and the parties to the cause shall have the same rights of appeal and otherwise in case of dispute regarding the consignation as they would have had if the money had remained in the hands of the Accountant . . . F2