Cap. 16 ст. 223Absolute possession.

If the absence has continued for a period of six years since provisional possession has been granted, or if an application made by the testamentary heirs or the heirs-at-law of the absentee before the court of voluntary jurisdiction of the island in which the absentee last resided against curators appointed by the said court such absence has been declared by a decree to have subsisted for a period of ten continuous years from the day the absentee was last heard of, the court of voluntary jurisdiction shall, upon the demand of the parties interested, award a decree, granting absolute possession of the property and the absolute exercise of the rights depending upon the death of the absentee, discharging the securities and directing any other caution which may have been imposed if any, to cease: Provided that if the absent person is a minor, the period of absence established under this article shall run from the day such person would have attained majority.