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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 13 May 1996 - onwards
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16. Pawnbroker's books and records.

(1) Every pawnbroker shall in the course of his business -

(a) keep a pledge book and a sale book in the form set out in Part I and Part II, respectively, of the Fourth Schedule, and

(b) use, as occasion requires, the document set out in the Third Schedule in the form therein prescribed.

(2) Every pawnbroker shall in the course of his business clearly and legibly enter, as occasion requires, in any book or document required to be kept or used by him such, particulars as are specified in the Third and Fourth Schedules and it shall be the duty of every pawnbroker to make all enquiries necessary for the purpose of complying with this subsection.

(3) A pawnbroker who fails to comply with any requirement of this section shall be guilty of an offence.