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Details of loan to be entered in general book kept by pawnbroker. Ticket to be given to borrower. Delivery of duplicate ticket.
CAP. 166] Pawnbrokers [1984 Ed.
12. (1) A pawnbroker shall keep a general book in the prescribed form and shall in respect of every loan, enter or cause to be entered the details as specified in the form, before advancing any money on loan.
(2) Any pawnbroker who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
13. (1) A pawnbroker shall on the date of advancing any money on loan deliver to the borrower a ticket in the prescribed form.
(2) Any pawnbroker who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
14. (1) If a ticket is lost or mislaid by or fraudulently taken or obtained from the borrower or the owner of the goods and the goods are still unredeemed or unsold, the pawnbroker, shall, on the application of any person-
(a) producing his proof of identity and representing himself to be the borrower or the owner of the goods; and
(b) tendering the prescribed sum for expenses; and
(c) making and leaving with the pawnbroker a statutory declaration in the prescribed form, setting forth the circumstances of such loss,
deliver to him a duplicate of such ticket.
(2) A pawnbroker is hereby authorized to take a statutory declaration in the prescribed form for the purposes of this section.
(3) Any person who makes a statutory declaration under this section which is false or misleading in any material particular commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), any pawnbroker who, in respect of any goods which are still unredeemed or unsold---
(a) refuses or fails to take the statutory declaration of a person who has complied with paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1); or
(b) refuses or fails to deliver a duplicate ticket to a person who has complied with paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(5) A pawnbroker does not commit an offence under subsection (4) if he proves that he believed with reasonable cause that such person was not the borrower or the owner of the goods, as the case may be.
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Details of loan to be entered in
general book kept by
pawnbroker.
Ticket to be given to borrower.
Delivery of duplicate ticket.
CAP. 166]
Pawnbrokers
[1984 Ed.
12. (1) A pawnbroker shall keep a general book in the pre- scribed form and shall in respect of every loan, enter or cause to be entered the details as specified in the form, before advancing any money on loan.
(2) Any pawnbroker who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
13. (1) A pawnbroker shall on the date of advancing any money on loan deliver to the borrower a ticket in the prescribed form.
(2) Any pawnbroker who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
14. (1) If a ticket is lost or mislaid by or fraudulently taken or obtained from the borrower or the owner of the goods and the goods are still unredeemed or unsold, the pawnbroker, shall, on the application of any person-
(a) producing his proof of identity and representing himself to
be the borrower or the owner of the goods; and
(b) tendering the prescribed sum for expenses; and
(c) making and leaving with the pawnbroker a statutory declaration in the prescribed form, setting forth the cir- cumstances of such loss.
deliver to him a duplicate of such ticket.
(2) A pawnbroker is hereby authorized to take a statutory declaration in the prescribed form for the purposes of this section.
(3) Any person who makes a statutory declaration under this section which is false or misleading in any material particular commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), any pawnbroker who, in respect of any goods which are still unredeemed or unsold---
(a) refuses or fails to take the statutory declaration of a person who has complied with paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsec- tion (1); or
(b) refuses or fails to deliver a duplicate ticket to a person who has complied with paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(5) A pawnbroker does not commit an offence under subsec- tion (4) if he proves that he believed with reasonable cause that such person was not the borrower or the owner of the goods, as the case may be.
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