ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1860.
Pawnbrokers.
person so seized shall, with all reasonable speed, be delivered into the custody of a Police constable who is hereby required to convey him before a Magistrate.
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pawnbrokers.
18. Pawnbrokers and their representatives shall be liable to make Liabilities of good all loss or damage accruing to borrowers in the cases following, that is to say:-
1. Where the goods pawned have been stolen, embezzled, lost, or otherwise improperly disposed of, before the period for the redemption thereof shall have elapsed.
2. Where the goods, before the said period has elapsed, shall, by the default, neglect or misfeasance of the lenders, their representatives or servants, have been destroyed, damaged or impaired in value.
In any of the said cases the Court 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.
19. No pawnbroker shall receive any goods in pawn from any one under the age of ten years.
No loans to persons under ten years of age.
20. It shall not be lawful for any pawnbroker to receive in pawn Property of 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.
21. No goods shall be pawned or redeemed before six of the clock in the morning, or after eight of the clock in the night.
22. All adjudications, and certificates under this Ordinance, shall be summarily had and granted by the Court of Petty Sessions, and enforced according to the laws for the time being in force, for regulating the said Court and its practice.
the Crown not to be taken in pawn.
Hours of business.
Jurisdiction of the Court of Petty Sessions.
[* Abolished by Ord. No. 6 of 1862.]
defined.
23. Every person purchasing, receiving, or taking in, any goods Pawnbroker and paying money for, or advancing money upon, the same, to an amount not exceeding five hundred current dollars, with or under any undertaking, agreement, or condition, express, implied, or reasonably inferrible, from the nature or character of the dealing, or the usage in respect thereof, that the said goods in whole or part may be afterward redeemed or re-purchased upon any terms soever, shall be deemed to be a pawnbroker within the meaning of this Ordinance.
24. For offences against this Ordinance, there shall be imposed the penalties following, that is to say:--
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