Where a person subject to military law deserts, or is absent without leave for twenty-one days, or is convicted by a civil court of any offence which by the law of England is felony, or is delivered up as an apprentice, whether in pursuance of an order of a court, or otherwise, the provisions of this; Act shall apply as if the person were dead, subject to the following modifications:
(1)The powers of the committee of adjustment shall arise and continue notwithstanding that the preferential charges are paid or secured:
(2)The committee of adjustment shall dispose of the surplus in the prescribed manner, and the same when so disposed of shall be free from all claim on the part of the said person or any one claiming through him.