Escheats Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. E-13)

Marginal note:Time for bringing action for recovery of property

5 No action shall be brought or maintained against Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Attorney General of Canada or any minister or officer of Her Majesty in right of Canada to recover

• (a) the whole or any part of any property, real or personal, that, by reason of the person last seised or entitled thereto having died intestate and without heirs, or by reason of any corporation, association or society having been finally dissolved or wound up or having ceased to exist, has been judicially declared vested in Her Majesty in right of Canada, or of which the Attorney General of Canada has caused possession to be taken on behalf of Her Majesty, or that has otherwise come into the possession of Her Majesty as escheat or bona vacantia, or

• (b) any compensation or damages in respect of any property described in paragraph (a) or the taking possession or withholding thereof,

more than five years after the date of the death of the person last seised or entitled to the property, or where the person last seised or entitled to the property was a corporation, association or society, more than five years after the date of the dissolution or winding-up or ceasing to exist of the corporation, association or society.