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No. 16 of 1930.
PAWNBROKERS.
Unredeemed goods to become the property of pawnbroker.
Information to be given by applicant.
Unlawful pawning. (cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 33.)
Pawnbroker to seize applicant suspected of unlawful conduct. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 34, and No. 13 of 1919, s. 15.]
Liability of pawnbroker 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.
20. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, goods pawned shall, from and after the expiration of the authorized period mentioned in section 16, become, if the same are unredeemed, the property of the pawnbroker absolutely: 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 eight months, or twelve months, as the case may be, 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.
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.
23. Every pawnbroker to whom any application is made to borrow or redeem, or for a copy of an entry, who has reasonable cause to suspect any unlawful conduct on the part of the applicant in any of the above cases, is hereby required to seize and detain such applicant and is empowered to call in the aid of any other person for that purpose; and every person so seized shall with all reasonable speed be delivered into the custody of a police constable who shall convey him before a magistrate.
24.-(1) A pawnbroker shall make good all loss or damage accruing to a borrower in the following cases-
1814
No. 16 of 1930.
PAWNBROKERS.
Unredeemed goods to become the property of pawnbroker.
Information
to be given by applicant.
Unlawful pawning. (cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 33.]
Pawnbroker to seize applicant suspected of
unlawful conduct. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 34, and No. 13 of 1919, s. 15.]
Liability of pawnbroker
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.
20. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, goods pawned shall, from and after the expiration of the authorized period mentioned in section 16, become, if the same are unredeemed, the property of the pawnbroker absolutely: 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 eight months, or twelve months, as the case may be, 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.
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.
23. Every pawnbroker to whom any application is made to borrow or redeem, or for a copy of an entry, who has reasonable cause to suspect any unlawful conduct on the part of the applicant in any of the above cases, is hereby required to seize and detain such applicaht and is empowered to call in the aid of any other person for that purpose; and every person so seized shall with all reasonable speed be delivered into the custody of a police constable who shall convey him before a magistrate.
24.-(1) A pawnbroker shall make good all loss or damage accruing to a borrower in the following cases-
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