Pawnbrokers.
that effect, indorsed upon the said copy, the pawnbroker shall, on the copy so indorsed being delivered by the said applicant, deliver to him, according to the circumstances of the case and as the magistrate may order, another ticket or the goods, either with or without payment of the principal or interest or both principal and interest, as the magistrate may direct.
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search
for goods
without
privity of
19. A magistrate shall, upon written information on oath being laid before him that there are probable grounds for believing that any goods have been pawned without the privity of their owner, issue his warrant for searching any place where the goods may appear to him to be; and if any of the goods are discovered upon such search, the person executing the warrant shall take them or cause them to be taken into safe keeping to abide the order of a magistrate.
owner.
goods to
property of
20. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, goods pawned shall, from and after the expiration of the prescribed period specified in section 16, become, if the same are unredeemed, the property of the pawnbroker absolutely: 23 of 1946, s. 3. Provided nevertheless that if before the expiration of any such period the borrower is desirous of continuing the loan for a further period not exceeding the prescribed period applicable, the pawnbroker shall allow him to do so on his paying the interest then due. In any such case a new ticket shall be issued and a new entry shall be made in the general book.
to be given
21. (1) Every person applying to borrow shall at the time of his application give to the pawnbroker to whom such application is made true information so as to enable him to comply with the requirements of sections 13 and 14.
(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.
22. No person shall pawn or attempt to pawn the goods of any other person without being duly authorized or employed in that behalf.
Unlawful
pawning.
f. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 33.]
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