law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  176.
  
  Unknown claimants or members
  1.      On the dissolution of
  
  a society, the liquidator shall convert into money the portion of the property
  
  distributable to a creditor or member who cannot be found after a reasonable
  
  investigation and shall deposit the money in a registered society or with
  
  trustees appointed by the Registrar.
  2.      A payment pursuant to
  
  subsection (1) is deemed to be in satisfaction of a debt or claim of such
  
  creditor or member.
  3.      Where a creditor
  
  establishes within 3 years after the dissolution of a society that he is
  
  entitled to any moneys paid, pursuant to subsection (1), to a registered
  
  society or to trustees appointed by the Registrar, the society or the
  
  Registrar, as the case may be, shall apply the amount of the claim out of the
  
  moneys deposited.
  4.      Where moneys
  
  deposited pursuant to this section are not distributed within 3 years after the
  
  dissolution of a society then, subject to the approval of the Registrar, the
  
  society or the trustees appointed by the Registrar shall distribute those
  
  moneys in accordance with sections 171(1) and 172 or the by-laws.