Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If the Court makes
an order of escheat the sheriff may, upon instructions from the Treasurer,
seize and proceed to a sale of the escheated property, and the proceeds of any
such sale, after payment of all fees and lawful expenses thereout, shall be
paid to the Treasurer, and be by him carried to the credit of the Consolidated
Account. In like manner any other moneys which are the subject of an order of
escheat may be paid by the sheriff to the Treasurer to be dealt with
accordingly. The provisions of this subsection shall have no application in
any manner whatsoever to any real or personal property vested in the Curator
of Intestate Estates under the provisions of the Curator of Intestate Estates
Act 1918 2 .
(2) Subject to the
provisions of section 9, the Governor in Executive Council may repay or make
good, without interest, any moneys so appropriated to any person who
establishes a legal or equitable claim thereto, and all moneys in the Treasury
forming part of or arising from the general revenue of the State shall be
applicable for so repaying or making good the same.
[Section 8 amended: No. 6 of 1993 s. 13; No. 77 of
2006 s. 4.]