law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  208.
  
  Abandoned goods
  1.      Where a member—
  a.     
  
    has
  
  his membership terminated or has vacated or abandoned the housing unit formerly
  
  occupied by him; and
  b.    
  
    has
  
  left property in the housing unit, the housing society may apply to the
  
  Magistrate’s Court for an order authorising it to remove the property from the
  
  housing unit and sell or otherwise dispose of it.
  1.      
  2.      The Magistrate may
  
  make an order pursuant to subsection (1) where he 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 pursuant to an order made under
  
  subsection (2), it shall pay into the Magistrate’s 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 pursuant to
  
  distress for housing charges; and
  b.    
  
    any
  
  arrears of housing charges and damages that the Magistrate allows.
  1.      
  2.      
  3.      
  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 Magistrate’s Court, the money
  
  shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
  5.      Where a housing
  
  society removes, sells or otherwise disposes of property pursuant to 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.