PAWNBROKERS.
No. 16 of 1930.
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(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 been destroyed, damaged or impaired in value.
(2) In any of the said cases a 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.
(3) A pawnbroker shall not be responsible for damage caused by fire, rats, insects or other causes not attributable to his default.
in respect of loss or damage. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, ss. 27, 28, 32 (8).]
25. No pawnbroker shall receive any goods in pawn from Pawning by any person apparently under the age of fourteen years.
children. 23 Geo. 5, c. 12, s. 8.
26. It shall not be lawful for any pawnbroker to receive Taking in pawn goods in pawn 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.
27. Subject to any regulation made under this Ordinance by Hours of the Governor in Council, no goods shall be pawned or redeemed business. before 6 a.m. or after 8 p.m.
Delivery to owner of
28.-(1) In each of the following cases that is to say— (a) if any person is convicted of feloniously taking or property pawned, unlawfully fraudulently obtaining any goods, and it appears to a court or magistrate that the same have been pawned with a pawnbroker, or
(b) if in any proceedings before a court or magistrate it appears that any goods brought before such court or magistrate have been unlawfully pawned with a pawnbroker,
the court or magistrate, on proof of the ownership of the goods, may order either the delivery or the non-delivery thereof to the owner, on payment to the pawnbroker of the amount of the loan
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
without compensation to pawnbroker. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 30.