Section 30: Power to hand over property

30. Power to hand over property (1) Notwithstanding section 29, where any person claims to be the owner or the representative of the owner of any property comprised in a vacant estate and the Curator is so satisfied, he may hand over the property to that person on payment of the charges due to Government. (2) Where the Curator hands over property under subsection (1), Government and the Curator shall not be liable to any other person claiming to be entitled to the property. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to affect the right of any person who claims to be entitled to any property handed over under subsection (1) to enter any proceedings against the person to whom the property has been so handed over. (4) Notwithstanding any other enactment but subject to this Act, where a minor or interdicted person is entitled to recover from the Curator property the value of which does not exceed 500 rupees, the Curator may deliver the property to the legal administrator or guardian of the minor or interdicted person, as the case may be, without the need to take an inscription of legal mortgage or to comply with any other formality. PART VII — RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT