Section 6 Provisions as to estate falling to Crown asultimus haeres.

For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that when any estate shall have fallen to the Crown asultimus haeres, F1the Secretary of State has the like right to uplift and ingather such estate in England F2and Wales as well as in Scotland as an executor nominate to whom confirmation has been granted as mentioned in section 1 of the M1Administration of Estates Act 1971.

Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that any person has a legal right to any sum not exceeding twenty pounds (exclusive of interest) which has been paid over to the said Secretary of State in pursuance of section sixteen of the M2Court of Session Consignations (Scotland) Act, 1895, or of section ten of the M3Sheriff Courts Consignations (Scotland) Act, 1893, it shall be lawful for the said Secretary of State to pay such sum to that person, without any order of the court: