Official Trustees Act, 1913
23. Transfer to Government of accumulations in the hands
of Official Trustee
When any moneys payable to a beneficiary under a trust have been
in the hands of any Official Trustee for a period of twelve years or upwards
whether before or after the commencement of this Act in consequence of the
Official Trustee having been unable to trace the person entitled to receive the
same, such moneys shall be transferred in the prescribed manner to the account
and credit of the Government:
PROVIDED that no such moneys shall be so transferred if
any suit or proceeding is pending in respect thereof in any Court.