Section 24

When a right to the personal estate of any person who dies intestate without next of kin has accrued to the Government of the Federation, such personal estate or the proceeds thereof shall form part of the general revenue of the Federation and shall be appropriated as part of such revenue to such public purposes as the High Commissioner in Council from time to time thinks proper and directs:

Provided that the High Commissioner in Council may by warrant order the transfer of the whole or any part of such personal estate or the proceeds thereof to any person or persons who shall establish to the satisfaction of the High Commissioner in Council any equitable or moral claim thereto.