Pawnbrokers.
(b) if in any proceedings before a court or magistrate it appears that any goods brought before such court or magistrate have been unlawfully pawned with a pawnbroker,
the court or magistrate, on proof of the ownership of the goods, may order either the delivery or the non-delivery thereof to the owner, on payment to the pawnbroker of the amount of the loan advanced by him thereon and the interest due, or on payment of any part of such loan or interest, or without payment of any part of such loan or interest, as to the court or magistrate, according to the conduct of the owner and the pawnbroker and the other circumstances of the case, may seem just and fitting.
(2) No such order shall be made by the court or magistrate unless the pawnbroker and the owner have been given an opportunity of being heard.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 67 of the Larceny Ordinance, or in section 26 of the Sale of Goods Ordinance, any such order made by the court or magistrate shall bar any civil remedy which the owner would have had for the recovery of the goods, and the owner shall not be entitled to claim the return of the goods from the pawnbroker except in accordance with the terms of such order.
29. (1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 22 shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
Penalties. Vict. c. 93, [cf. 35 & 36 ss. 33, 45.] 22 of 1950. Schedule.
(2) Every person who contravenes any of the other provisions of this Ordinance, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
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Pawnbrokers.
(b) if in any proceedings before a court or magistrate it appears that any goods brought before such court or magistrate have been unlawfully pawned with a
pawnbroker,
the court or magistrate, on proof of the ownership of the goods, may order either the delivery or the non-delivery thereof to the owner, on payment to the pawnbroker of the amount of the loan advanced by him thereon and the interest due, or on payment of any part of such loan or interest, or without payment of any part of such loan or interest, as to the court or magistrate, according to the conduct of the owner and the pawnbroker and the other circumstances of the case, may seem just and fitting.
(2) No such order shall be made by the court or magis- trate unless the pawnbroker and the owner have been given an opportunity of being heard.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 67
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of the Larceny Ordinance, or in section 26 of the Sale of (Cap. 210). Goods Ordinance, any such order made by the court or (Cap. 26). magistrate shall bar any civil remedy which the owner would have had for the recovery of the goods, and the owner shall not be entitled to claim the return of the goods from the pawnbroker except in accordance with the terms of such order.
29. (1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 22 shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
Penalties. Vict. c. 93,
[cf. 35 & 36
ss. 33, 45.]
22 of 1950. Schedule.
(2) Every person who contravenes any of the other 22 of 1950, provisions of this Ordinance, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
Schedule.
289
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