31. Notice to be given by a customary heir. (1) Upon the appointment of a customary heir of an intestate, the heir shall give or cause to be given notice of the appointment in the form set out in the Third Schedule to this Act to the personal representative and to the Administrator General. (2) All signatures on the notice shall be attested by any one of the following— (a) any agent appointed by the Minister under the Administrator General’s Act; (b) a justice of the peace; (c) an advocate; (d) a notary public; (e) a bank manager; (f) a minister of religion authorised to celebrate marriages within Uganda; (g) a medical practitioner; (h) any other person authorised in that behalf by the Minister by statutory order. (3) If no notice has been received by the personal representative or by the Administrator General within one year from the date of death of the intestate, the personal representative shall proceed to distribute the estate of the intestate on the basis that there is no customary heir. 32. Interest of the State on default. (1) If, under sections 26 to 31, there is no person existing or reasonably ascertainable entitled to take any part of the property of an intestate, that part or the whole, as the case may be, shall belong to the State. (2) If, at any time after such property or part of the property has been made over to the State, a person entitled to take it as his or her share pursuant to section 27 is ascertained, the Minister may return that property or the proceeds of the property to that person in such manner as the Minister may think fit.