(1) Where a member—
(a) has his or her membership terminated or has vacated or abandoned the housing unit formerly occupied by him or her; and
(b) has left property in the housing unit,
the housing society may apply to the district court for the district where the housing unit is situate for an order authorising the member to remove the property from the housing unit and sell or otherwise dispose of it.
(2) The magistrate may make an order under subsection (1) where he or she is satisfied that the housing society has made a reasonable effort to locate the former member.
(3) Where a housing society sells or otherwise disposes of property under an order made under subsection (2), it shall pay into the district court, to the credit of the former member, any remaining proceeds of the disposition after deducting—
(a) any amount with respect to costs incurred by it relating to the disposition that it would be authorised to retain if the property were goods sold under distress for housing charges; and
(b) any arrears of housing charges and damages that the magistrate allows.
(4) Where a former member does not claim the remaining proceeds described in subsection (3) within 3 months after the date the money was paid into the district court, the money shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(5) Where a housing society removes, sells or otherwise disposes of property under an order made under subsection (2), the housing society is not liable in any action taken by the former member with respect to the removal, sale or disposition.
Division C: Industrial Societies