36
No. 1 of 1860.
Delivery of goods on production repayment.
PAWNBROKERS.
12. On the tender of any such ticket, together with the full amount then due for principal and interest, if made within 8 months of ticket, or in the case of goods pawned in any part of the New Territories other than New Kowloon if made within 12 months, from the day of making the loan, it shall be the duty of the lender to deliver up to the person tendering the ticket the goods described therein.
*
Exceptions.
Provision for cases of lost goods or lost ticket.
Issue of
13. The last section shall not extend to cases where, at or previously to such tender, the lender has had from the borrower or the owner of the said goods notice not to deliver the same, or has had knowledge or notice that the same have been, or are suspected to have been, unlawfully obtained from or lost by the owner; or to tickets as to which the borrower has taken such proceedings as are provided by the next section; in all which cases it shall be the duty of the lender to withhold the goods.
14.—(1) On the application of any person representing himself to be the borrower or the owner of the said goods or ticket, as the case may be, and to have lost or been unlawfully deprived of the same, it shall be the duty of the lender, if the goods are still unredeemed or unsold, forthwith to deliver to such applicant a copy of the entry in the General Book, and the said applicant shall immediately thereupon proceed to a Magistrate and obtain an appointment for the purpose of verifying by lawful evidence the truth of such representation.
(2) If the said applicant verifies the same to the satisfaction of the Magistrate within 7 days then next following, and obtains a certificate to that effect, indorsed upon the said copy, it shall be the duty of the lender, on the copy so indorsed being delivered by the said applicant, to 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 money or interest, or both principal money and interest, as the Magistrate may direct.
15. It shall be the duty of a Magistrate, upon lawful evidence being given that there are probable grounds for believing that any goods pawned have been pawned without the privity of their owner, to issue a search warrant for goods pawned without privity of owner.
* As amended by No. 8 of 1911 and No. 50 of 1911.
† As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
‡ As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
§ As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
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36
No. 1 of 1860.
Delivery
of goods on production
repayment.
PAWNBROKERS.
12. On the tender of any such ticket, together with the full amount then due for principal and interest, if made within 8 of ticket and months, or in the case of goods pawned in any part of the New Territories other than New Kowloon if made within 12 months, from the day of making the lean, it shall be the duty of the lender to deliver up to the person tendering the ticket the goods described therein.
*
Exceptions.
Provision for cases of lost goods or lost ticket.
Issue of
13. The last section shall not extend to cases where, at or pre- viously to such tender, the lender has had from the borrower or the owner of the said goods notice not to deliver the same, or has had knowledge or notice that the same have been, or are suspected to have been, unlawfully obtained from or lost by the owner; or to tickets as to which the borrower has taken such proceedings as are provided by the next section; in all which cases it shall be the duty of the lender to withhold the goods.
14.-(1) On the application of any person representing himself to be the borrower or the owner of the said goods or ticket, as the case may be, and to have lost or been unlawfully deprived of the same, it shall be the duty of the lender, if the goods are still unredeemed or unsold, forthwith to deliver to such applicant a copy of the entry in the General Book, and the said applicant shall immediately thereupon proceed to a Magistrate and obtain an appointment for the purpose of verifying by lawful evidence the truth of such representation.
(2) If the said applicant verifies the same to the satisfaction of the Magistrate within 7 days then next following, and obtains a certificate to that effect, indorsed upon the said copy, it shall be the duty of the lender, on the copy so indorsed being delivered by the said applicant, to 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 money or interest, or both principal money and interest, as the Magistrate may direct.
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* As amended by No. 8 of 1911 and No. 50 of 1911.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
As amended by No. 51 of 1911,
As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
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