Section 10 Admiralty not to dispose of residue for three months, &c.C1

Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Admiralty shall not in any case dispose of the residue or any part thereof otherwise than by paying the same to the representative of the deceased, until after the expiration of three months from the receipt by the Admiralty of notice of the death, unless in special circumstances it appears to the Admiralty safe and proper to dispose of the residue or any part thereof at an earlier time.