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Duty of pawnbroker on offer of pledges or redemption under suspicious circumstances

Pawnbrokers Act

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—(1) If any person, under suspicious circumstances, offers any article in pawn to a pawnbroker, or, without having any colour of title by law to redeem a pledge, attempts to redeem it, and the pawnbroker has reason to suspect such want of title, the pawnbroker shall inquire of the person how he came by the article or the pawn ticket, as the case may be.(2) If the person is not able or refuses to give a satisfactory account of himself or of the means by which he became possessed of the article or pawn ticket, or wilfully gives any false information concerning the article or pawn ticket, or as to his name or address or as to the name or place of abode of the owner of the article, or if there is any other reason to suspect that the article or pawn ticket have been stolen or otherwise illegally or clandestinely obtained, the pawnbroker may seize and detain the person offering the article or pawn ticket, and shall deliver him with the article or pawn ticket into the custody of a police officer.[35

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