Rights of the finder

The finder shall appropriate a thing found, on the following terms. § 1 - Where the value of the thing does not exceed 3000 reis, in the event the owner does not turn up within 45 days from the date of the affixation of the notice. § 2 - Where the value of the thing exceeds 3000 reis but does not exceed 6000 reis, if the owner does not appear within 3 months from the date of publication of the notice in the Gazette of the respective High Court. § 3 - Where the value of the thing exceeds 6000 reis but does not exceed 12000 reis, if the owner does not appear within half year reckoned from the same date. § 4 - If the value of the thing exceeds 12000 reis, the thing shall belong to the finder after the passage of one year, reckoned from the same date, but with a reservation of 1/3rd of its net value, after deducting the expenditure incurred, and this 1/3rd shall be assigned to the Council for the welfare of the juveniles of the respective judicial division, where the thing was found, or the Magistracy who substitutes it.