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 Issue of licences by Registrar
9 Conditions subject to which licences may be issued
10 Power of Registrar to cancel licence
11 Appeal to Minister
12 Pawnshop to keep open after expiration of licence for redemption of articles
General obligations of pawnbroker
13 Description of articles pawned, etc., to be entered in a book
Pawning, redemption and sale
14 Pawnbroker to grant a pawn ticket
15 Profit and charges allowed to pawnbroker
16 Period of redemption of pledge
17 Forfeiture of pledge for $50 and under if not redeemed
18 Pledges exceeding $50 redeemable until sale
19 Sale by auction of pledge for a sum exceeding $50
20 Offences by auctioneer
21 Right of holder of pawn ticket to inspect sale book
22 Obligation on pawnbroker to account for surplus within 4 months subject to set-off
23 Offences as to a pledge for a sum exceeding $50
Delivery up of pledge
24 Right of holder of pawn ticket to redeem pledge
25 Production of pawn ticket on redemption
26 Liability of pawnbroker in case of fire or loss
27 Compensation for loss or depreciation of pledge
28 Protection of owner and of pawner not having pawn ticket
29 Delivery to owner of property unlawfully pawned
30 Summary order for delivery of pledge to person entitled
General restrictions on pawnbroker
31 Prohibition as to taking or purchasing of pledge in certain circumstances
Unlawful pawning and taking in pawn
32 Penalty for wrongfully pawning property of another
33 Proceedings where person offering article in pawn does not give a good account of himself
34 Person in possession of pawn ticket presumed to have been in possession of article pawned
35 Duty of pawnbroker on offer of pledges or redemption under suspicious circumstances
36 Prohibition as to taking in pawn linen, apparel, unfinished goods, etc., in certain cases
37 Search warrant for linen, etc., unlawfully pawned
Penalties and police regulations
38 General penalty
39 Application of penalty
40 Penalty on common informer compounding information
41 Detention of person offering forged pawn ticket, etc.
42 Pawnbroker’s books subject to examination by police
43 Information to be given by police to pawnbrokers of lost and stolen property
44 Police officers may enter pawnshops, etc.
45 Police officers may arrest persons loitering about pawnshops under suspicious circumstances
46 Jurisdiction
Rules
47 Rules
Legislative History