ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1858.
Pawnbrokers, &c.-Offences.
12. Together with the full amount of the said principal monies, the lender shall at the time of making any such loan as aforesaid deliver to the borrower a ticket, containing a fair, legible, and true extract of the number of the entry of the said loan in the said Book, and also of the statement of the said particulars thereof so entered as aforesaid, and further setting forth in a fair, legible, and true manner, the name and description, and abode, of the said lender, and of the street (if any), and of the number (if any) of the place of his said abode, which said ticket shall be so delivered gratis; and if the said borrower shall decline, neglect, or omit to accept and take the same, it shall not be lawful for the said lender to receive or retain the goods and chattels therein mentioned.
13. In order to entitle any person to redeem and re-demand from the said lender or his representatives the said goods and chattels, the said ticket must be produced and re-delivered to the said lender or his representatives by the person applying to redeem the same; and upon such redemption being effected, the said lender or his representatives shall fairly and legibly enter or cause to be entered on the said ticket a true and exact note of the amount of interest taken by or for him upon the said principal monies, and shall retain the same ticket in his custody for the space of twelve months next following the day of the making of such last-mentioned entry.
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Tickets to be delivered by the lender to the borrower.
Production on re-delivery of tickets.
The goods to be given up to any person producing the ticket.
14. On the production and tender of any such ticket as aforesaid, together with the full amount then due for principal and interest in respect of the loan to which the person producing same refers, if made at the end of six months from the day of the making of the said loan, it shall be the duty of the lender therein named and his representatives, to receive the same, and to deliver up to the person producing and tendering the same the goods and chattels described in the said ticket, whether such person shall be or not the borrower therein named.
15. The section next preceding shall not extend to cases where, at or previously to such production and tender, the said lender or his representatives shall have had from the said borrower, or the owner of the said goods and chattels, notice not to deliver the same upon the said production and tender, or shall have had knowledge or notice that the same have been, or are suspected to have been, unlawfully obtained from or lost by the owner thereof, before the making of the said loan, nor to tickets as to which the borrowers shall have taken such proceedings as are provided by the section next immediately following; in all which cases it shall be the duty of the lenders and their representatives to withhold such delivery if required, merely upon the production and tender aforesaid.
16. Upon the application of any person (other than the said borrower) representing himself to be the owner of the said goods and chattels, or of any person (other than the holder of the said ticket) representing himself to be the owner thereof, and to have lost or been unlawfully deprived of the same, it shall be the duty of the said lender, or his representatives, if the said goods and chattels be still unredeemed, to deliver to such applicant a copy of the entry in the said General Book, or (as the case may be) of the said ticket, which said applicant shall immediately thereupon proceed to the office of the Court hereinafter mentioned, and obtain an order forthwith.
Provision for lost goods or tickets.