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Immunity

MONEY LENDERS (AMENDMENT)

10C. Any-

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(a) member of the licensing court; and

(b) witness, party to any proceedings, representative or

other person appearing before the licensing court,

shall have the same privileges and immunities in any proceed- ings before the licensing court or in the exercise of the licensing court's functions as he would have before a court in civil proceedings.".

10. Section 11 is amended-

(a) in subsection (1) by repealing "; and the licensing court may adjourn the hearing to another date and from time to time as the licensing court may deem fit";

(b) in subsection (2)(b)(i) by adding "not later than 4 days" after

"court,"; and

(c) in subsection (5)(b) and (c) by repealing "body corporate"

wherever it appears and substituting "company".

11. Section 12 is repealed and the following substituted-

"Effect and duration of licence

12. Every licence shall authorize the person named therein to carry on business as a money lender for a period of 12 months from-

(a) in the case of a licence granted under section 11, the

day on which it is so granted; and

(b) in the case of a licence renewed under section 13, irrespective of whether the renewal of the licence was made prior to, upon or after its expiration, and notwithstanding section 13(5), the day immediately following the day on which it would have, but for its renewal, or has, as the case may be, expired.”.

12. Section 14(1) is amended by adding "constituted by a magistrate sitting with 2 assessors" after "a licensing court".

13. Section 15 is amended--

Determination of application for licence

Section substituted

Revocation and suspension

Transfer of licence and

(a) in subsections (2), (3) and (4) by repealing "which granted the addition or

licence" wherever it appears;

(b) by repealing subsection (5) and substituting-

“(5) Every application under this section shall be made to the Registrar in the prescribed manner and accompanied by the prescribed fee and notice of the application shall be given to the Commissioner of Police.":

(c) by adding after subsection (6)—

"(6A) Where the Registrar or the Commissioner of Police intends to object under subsection (6) to the granting of any application under this section, he shall, not later than one

substitution of new premises