49. If the judgment in confirmation be obtained less than six months from the payment of the compensation money into the prothonotary’s hands, the court may order a proportionate part of the interest to be returned to the Minister; and if, by reason of any error, mistake or negligence in the proceedings on the petition in confirmation of title, such confirmation of title be not obtained until after six months, the court shall order that the interest, for any subsequent period which it deems reasonable, be paid to the party having a right thereto.
R. S. 1964, c. 138, s. 49.