Pawnbrokers Act(CHAPTER 222)
Table of Contents
Long Title
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Pawnbrokers
3 Persons to be deemed pawnbrokers
4 Application of this Act to executors, etc., of pawnbrokers
5 Act done by employee to be deemed act of pawnbroker
6 Extension of rights, etc., of pawners to their assigns, executors, etc.
Licences
7 Appointment of Registrar and Assistant Registrars
8 Grant of licences by Registrar
9 Conditions subject to which licences may be granted
10 Power of Registrar to cancel licence
11 Appeal to Minister
12 Pawnshop to keep open after expiration of licence for redemption of articles
13 Power of Registrar to order pawnbroker to deliver pledges, books and accounts on expiration of licence
General obligations of pawnbroker
14 Description of articles pawned, etc., to be entered in book
Pawning, redemption and sale
15 Pawnbroker to give pawn ticket
16 Profit and charges allowed to pawnbroker
17 Period of redemption of pledge
18 Forfeiture of pledge not exceeding $50 if not redeemed
19 Pledge exceeding $50 redeemable until sale
20 Sale by auction of pledge exceeding $50
21 Offences by auctioneer
22 Right of holder of pawn ticket to inspect sale book
23 Obligation of pawnbroker to account for surplus within 4 months subject to set-off
24 Disposal of unclaimed surplus
25 Offences as to pledge for sum exceeding $50
Delivery up of pledge
26 Right of holder of pawn ticket to redeem pledge
27 Production of pawn ticket on redemption
28 Liability of pawnbroker in case of fire or loss
29 Compensation for loss or depreciation of pledge
30 Protection of owner and of pawner not having pawn ticket
31 Delivery to owner of property unlawfully pawned
32 Summary order for delivery of pledge to person entitled
General restrictions on pawnbroker
33 Prohibition as to taking or purchasing of pledge in certain circumstances
Unlawful pawning and taking in pawn
34 Penalty for wrongfully pawning property of another
35 Offences relating to pawner not giving satisfactory account of himself, giving false information, etc.
36 Person in possession of pawn ticket presumed to have been in possession of article pawned
37 Duty of pawnbroker on offer of pledges or redemption under suspicious circumstances
38 Prohibition as to taking in pawn linen, apparel, unfinished goods, etc., in certain cases
39 Search warrant for linen, etc., unlawfully pawned
Penalties and police regulations
40 General penalty
41 Application of penalty
42 Penalty on common informer compounding information
43 Detention of person offering forged pawn ticket, etc.
44 Pawnbroker’s books subject to examination by police
45 Information to be given by police to pawnbrokers of lost and stolen property
46 Police officers may enter pawnshops, etc.
47 Police officers may arrest persons loitering about pawnshops under suspicious circumstances
48 Jurisdiction of Courts
49 Power to compound
Rules
50 Rules
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE Profit and charges allowed to pawnbrokers
Legislative History