Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsDisposal of unclaimed timber
| 34. If no statement is presented in the manner and within the period prescribed by the notice issued under section 31, or, where such statement having been so presented and the claim having been rejected, the claimant omits to institute a suit to recover possession of such timber within the further period mentioned in section 33, the ownership of such timber shall vest in the Crown free from all encumbrances ; or, when such timber has been delivered to another person under section 33, in such other person, free from all encumbrances not created by him. |