PAWNBROKERS.
No. 1 of 1860.
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(2) Every person applying to redeem goods or for a copy of an entry shall, at the time of his application, give to the person to whom such application is made a full and true account of himself, his name, his place of abode, the name and place of abode of the owner, and the circumstances under which his application is made.
(3) No person shall pawn, or attempt to pawn, the goods of any other person without being duly authorised or employed in that behalf.
to seize applicant
18. Every pawnbroker to whom any application is made to borrow or redeem, or for a copy of an entry, who has reasonable cause to suspect any unlawful practice on the part of the applicant in any of the above cases, is hereby required to seize and detain such applicant, and empowered
to call in the aid of any other person for that purpose; and* every person so seized shall, with all reasonable speed, be delivered into the custody of a police constable who shall convey him before a magistrate.
19.--(1) A pawnbroker shall be liable to make good all loss or damage accruing to a borrower in the following cases:
(a) where the goods pawned have been stolen, embezzled, lost, or otherwise improperly disposed of, before the period for the redemption thereof has elapsed; and
(b) where the goods, before the said period has elapsed, have, by the default, neglect, or misfeasance of the pawnbroker or his servants, been destroyed, damaged, or impaired in value.
(2) In any of the said cases the magistrate shall allow and award an amount in satisfaction of such loss or damage, from which shall be deducted the amount of principal and interest then due in respect of such goods.
20. No pawnbroker shall receive any goods in pawn from any person under the age of ten years.
21. It shall not be lawful for any pawnbroker to receive any goods having upon them any mark or sign denoting them to be or to have been the property of the Crown or of any public department.
* As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.
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