Section 276:
Disposal of unclaimed passage money and deposit.
If any pilgrim,--
(a) who is entitled to a refund of passage money under sub-section (1) of section 275 does not
claim such refund within the prescribed period, or
(b) who has purchased a return ticket, does not on the basis of such ticket obtain a return
passage from the Hedjaz within the prescribed period and the value of the return half of such
ticket has not been refunded under section 275, or
(c) who is entitled under section 275 to a refund of any deposit made under section 273 does
not claim such refund within the prescribed period,
such passage money or value or deposit shall, subject to the exercise of the rights conferred by
sub-section (4) of section 275, be made over to such authority administering any fund maintained for the assistance of pilgrims as the Central Government may, by general or special order, designate in
this behalf.