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ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1858. 429


Pawnbrokers, &c.- Offences.


12. Together with the full amount of the said principal monies, the lender shall at Tickets to be
delivered by the
the time of making any such loan as aforesaid deliver to the borrower a ticket, containing lender to the
borrower.
a fair, legible, and true extract of the number of the entry of the said loan in the said
Book, and also of the statement of the said particulars thereof so entered as aforesaid,
and further setting forth in a fair, legible, and true manner, the name and description ,
and abode, of the said lender, and of the street ( if any) , and of the number ( if any ) of the
place of his said abode, which said ticket shall be so delivered gratis ; and if the said
borrower shall decline, neglect, or omit to accept and take the same, it shall not be
lawful for the said lender to receive or retain the goods and chattels therein mentioned .
13. In order to entitle any person to redeem and re-demand from the said lender Production on
re-delivery of
or his representatives the said goods and chattels, the said ticket must be produced and tickets.

re-delivered to the said lender or his representatives by the person applying to redeem
the same: and upon such redemption being effected, the said lender or his representa
tives shall fairly and legibly enter or cause to be entered on the said ticket a true and
exact note of the amount of interest taken by or for him upon the said principal monies ,
and shall retain the same ticket in his custody for the space of twelve months next
following the day of the making of such last-mentioned entry.
14. On the production and tender of any such ticket as aforesaid, together with The goods to be
given up to any
the full amount then due for principal and interest in respect of the loan to which the person producing
the ticket.
same refers , if made at the end of six months from the day of the making of the said
loan , it shall be the duty of the lender therein named and his representatives, to receive
the same, and to deliver up to the person producing and tendering the same the goods
and chattels described in the said ticket, whether such person shall be or not the bor
rower therein named.

15. The section next preceding shall not extend to cases where, at or previously Exception of
cases.
to such production and tender, the said lender or his representatives shall have had
from the said borrower, or the owner of the said goods and chattels, notice not to
deliver the same upon the said production and tender, or shall have had knowledge or
notice that the same have been, or are suspected to have been, unlawfully obtained
from or lost by the owner thereof, before the making of the said loan, nor to tickets
as to which the borrowers shall have taken such proceedings as are provided by the
section next immediately following : -in all which cases it shall be the duty of the
lenders and their representatives to withhold such delivery if required, merely upon
the production and tender aforesaid.

16. Upon the application of any person (other than the said borrower) represent Provision for
lost goods or
ing himself to be the owner of the said goods and chattels, or of any person (other tickets.
than the holder of the said ticket ) representing himself to be the owner thereof, and
to have lost or been unlawfully deprived of the same, it shall be the duty of the said
lender, or his representatives, if the said goods and chattels be still unredeemed ,
forthwith to deliver to such applicant a copy of the entry in the said General Book,
or (as the case may be) of the said ticket , which said applicant shall immediately
thereupon proceed to the office of the Court hereinafter mentioned, and obtain an