5 If no disposition of such estates be made by his Majesty, or a disposition be made which shall not exhaust the whole, the estate undisposed of shall descend as if this Act had not been made, subject to certain provisions. Freeholds which shall so descend shall be subject to the restrictions of the recited Acts. E+W+S
And if no disposition by grant, will or otherwise shall be made in pursuance of this Act by his Majesty, his heirs or successors, of any such manors, messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments as aforesaid, or if any disposition which shall be so made shall not exhaust the whole estate or interest of his Majesty, his heirs or successors respectively, in the same, then and in every such case all such manors, messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, whereof no such disposition shall be made as aforesaid, or so much of the estate and interest therein respectively as shall not have been so disposed of, shall descend and go in such and the same manner, on the demise of his Majesty, his heirs and successors respectively, as the same would have descended and gone if this Act had not been made, subject nevertheless to the provisions herein-after contained as to so much thereof as shall be personal estate of his Majesty and his successors; and all and every of such manors, messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, being of freehold tenure in fee simple, which shall so descend on the demise of his Majesty, or any King or Queen of this realm, shall be subject to all the restrictions in the said recited Acts contained, in the same manner as the same would have been subject thereto if this Act had not been made.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 5 extended by Crown Private Estates Act 1862 (c. 37), s. 7