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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 12 November 1964

Pawnbrokers Act, 1964 (No. 31)

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes
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Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Part I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-6)
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 1. Short title and commencement.
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 2. Definitions.
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 3. Application.
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 4. Servants, agents and representatives of pawnbrokers.
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 5. Transmission of rights, etc., of pawners.
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 6. Repeals and transitory provision.
Part II Licensing of Pawnbrokers (ss. 7-13)
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 7. Prohibition on carrying on business of a pawnbroker without licence.
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 8. Grant of licence.
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 9. Transfer of licence.
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 10. Grant of certificate.
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 11. Suspension and cancellation of licence.
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 12. Forgery of certificate.
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 13. Name and notice to be displayed.
Part III Pawning, Redemption and Sale of Pledges (ss. 14-34)
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 14. Pawn-tickets.
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 15. Special contracts and special contract pawn-tickets.
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 16. Pawnbroker's books and records.
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 17. Loans in current money.
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 18. Division of loan prohibited.
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 19. General restrictions on pawnbroker.
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 20. Lawful interest and charges.
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 21. Redemption periods.
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 22. Holder of pawn-ticket person entitled to redeem.
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 23. Offences relating to pawning and redeeming.
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 24. Failure to deliver pledge to person entitled.
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 25. Unlawful pawning of property of another.
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 26. Delivery to owner of property unlawfully pawned.
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 27. Offences by pawnbroker in relation to certain pledges.
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 28. Owners and pawners of pledges not having pawn-tickets.
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 29. Unredeemed pledges.
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 30. Sale of pledges.
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 31. Right of pawnbroker to purchase at auction.
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 32. Right to inspect sale book and catalogue.
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 33. Right of pawner to surplus on sale.
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 34. Offences by auctioneers.
Part IV Supplemental and Miscellaneous (ss. 35-47)
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⚠ 35. Notification by Garda Síochána of lost and stolen property.
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 36. Persons presenting pawn-tickets suspected to be counterfeit.
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 37. Duty of pawnbroker in certain suspicious circumstances.
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 38. Persons escaping from or obstructing pawnbroker.
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 39. Defence for pawnbroker.
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 40. Storing of pledges and compensation for damage.
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 41. Liability of pawnbroker in case of damage caused by fire.
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 42. Unauthorised alteration of engravings.
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 43. Contracts not void on account of conviction of pawnbroker.
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 44. Attendance of pawnbroker before court and production of books, etc.
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 45. Frivolous complaints.
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 46. Power of entry, etc.
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 47. Penalties for offences.
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 48.
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 First Schedule - Enactments Repealed
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 Second Schedule Notice to be Exhibited in Every Pawnbrokers Premises Pawnbrokers Act, 1964
Third Schedule - Pawn Tickets, etc.
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 Third Schedule, Part I Pawn Ticket
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 Third Schedule, Part II Receipt
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 Third Schedule, Part III Special Contract Pawn-ticket
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 Third Schedule, Part IV Receipt
Fourth Schedule - Pawnbroker's Books
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 Fourth Schedule, Part I Pledge Book
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 Fourth Schedule, Part II Sale Book
Fifth Schedule - Interest and Charges
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 Fifth Schedule, Part I Maximum rate of interest on loans
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 Fifth Schedule, Part II Charge on Pawn-ticket
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 Fifth Schedule, Part III Charge on valuation of pledge
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 Fifth Schedule, Part IV Charge on inspection of Sale Book and Auctioneer's Catalogue
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 Fifth Schedule, Part V Charge on Form of Declaration
Sixth Schedule - Statutory Declarations
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 Sixth Schedule, Part I Statutory Declaration where pledge claimed by owner
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 Sixth Schedule, Part II Statutory Declaration where pawn-ticket lost, etc.
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 Seventh Schedule - Regulations governing auctioning of pledges
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