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Ticket to be given to borrower. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 14.]
Regulations. Form 2.
Return of ticket on redelivery of goods. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 26.]
Delivery of goods on production repayment. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 25.]
Pawnbrokers.
14. Every pawnbroker shall at the time of making any loan deliver to the borrower a ticket containing a true and legible statement in the prescribed form or its equivalent in Chinese. If a Chinese form is used the rate of interest shall be denoted by a chop.
15. In order to entitle any person to redeem from the pawnbroker the goods pawned, the ticket must be returned to the pawnbroker by the person applying to redeem the goods, except as provided for in section 18.
16. (1) On the tender of any such ticket together with the full amount then due for principal and simple interest, if of ticket and made within six months from the day of making the loan in the case of goods pawned in any part of the New Territories (other than New Kowloon), and four months from the day of making the loan in the case of goods pawned elsewhere in the Colony, the pawnbroker shall deliver up the goods described therein to the person so tendering.
24 of 1950, Schedule.
Exceptions to duty to deliver goods.
Protection of owners and of pawners not having pawntickets. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 29.]
(2) The Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe periods in substitution for the periods of six months and of four months specified in subsection (1).
17. Section 16 shall not apply to cases where, on or before such tender, the pawnbroker has had from the borrower or the owner of the 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 section 18, in all which cases the pawnbroker shall withhold the goods.
18. (1) On the application of any person representing himself to be the borrower or the owner of the goods or ticket, as the case may be, and to have lost or been unlawfully deprived of the same, the pawnbroker shall, if the goods are still unredeemed or unsold, forthwith 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 shall verify such representation by written information on oath before such magistrate.
(2) If the said applicant verifies such representation to the satisfaction of the magistrate and obtains a certificate to
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CAP. 166]
Ticket to be given to borrower. [cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, s. 14.]
Regulations. Form 2.
Return of
ticket on redelivery of goods.
[cf. 35 & 36
Vict. c. 93, s. 26.]
Delivery of goods on production
repayment.
[cf. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93,
Pawnbrokers.
14. Every pawnbroker shall at the time of making any loan deliver to the borrower a ticket containing a true and legible statement in the prescribed form or its equivalent in Chinese. If a Chinese form is used the rate of interest shall be denoted by a chop.
15. In order to entitle any person to redeem from the pawnbroker the goods pawned, the ticket must be returned to the pawnbroker by the person applying to redeem the goods, except as provided for in section 18.
16. (1) On the tender of any such ticket together with the full amount then due for principal and simple interest, if of ticket and made within six months from the day of making the loan in the case of goods pawned in any part of the New Territories (other than New Kowloon), and four months from the day of making the loan in the case of goods pawned elsewhere in the Colony, the pawnbroker shall deliver up the goods described therein to the person so tendering.
s. 25.]
24 of 1950, Schedule.
Exceptions to duty to deliver goods.
Protection of owners and of pawners not having pawntickets. [ef. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93, 9. 29.]
(2) The Governor in Council may by regulation pres- cribe periods in substitution for the periods of six months and of four months specified in subsection (1).
17. Section 16 shall not apply to cases where, on or before such tender, the pawnbroker has had from the bor- rower or the owner of the 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 section 18, in all which cases the pawnbroker shall withhold the goods.
18. (1) On the application of any person representing himself to be the borrower or the owner of the goods or ticket, as the case may be, and to have lost or been unlawfully deprived of the same, the pawnbroker shall, if the goods are still unredeemed or unsold, forthwith 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 shall verify such representation by written information on oath before such magistrate.
(2) If the said applicant verifies such representation to the satisfaction of the magistrate and obtains a certificate to
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