The statement of paragraph 1480 of the General Civil Code, by which
claims to arrears of interests are lost after three years, has no
application to interests of depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank.
In relation to the lapse of Post Office Savings Bank deposits the
ordinary legal decisions will be relied upon. Lapsed deposits fall
into the postal treasury. Such a lapsing of deposits will be stopped
by every new payment, every notice for payment back, every entry of
interest in the deposit book.