Section 21: Amount payable on pre-emption

21. Amount payable on pre-emption (1) Where an interested person claims to be entitled to the amount payable, he shall make a written application to that effect to the Master and Registrar who shall, upon being satisfied of the claim, pay out to him the part of the amount payable to which he is entitled. (2) Where the amount payable is not, within 6 months of the deposit, paid out in accordance with subsection (1) or where there is— (a) no person competent to receive, or give a sufficient discharge for, the money; or (b) a dispute as to the title to the money, [Issue 1] R15 – 10 Revised Laws of Mauritius the Receiver shall apply for a vesting order to vest the money in the Curator and upon the making of the vesting order the money shall vest in the Curator. (3) Any money vested in the Curator under subsection (2) shall be dealt with in the same manner as any money vested in the Curator under the Curatelle Act. [S. 21 amended by s. 27 (13) (b) of Act 33 of 2004 w.e.f. 1 July 2006; s. 4 (k) of Act 4 of 2006 w.e.f. 2 October 2004.]