(1) A pawnbroker shall, when so ordered by any court, attend before the court and shall produce any books, records or documents kept by him under this Act which he is required by the court to produce.

(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section, a copy of an entry in a pledge book or sale book shall, in all legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal, be received as prima facie evidence of such entry and of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded if it is proved on the oral evidence of some person who has examined the copy with the original entry that the copy has been so examined and is correct.

(3) Where a pawnbroker attends before a court on an order of the court, he shall be entitled to be paid expenses on a scale corresponding to the scale for the time being at which the expenses of witnesses summoned and attending on behalf of the prosecution are paid.

(4) A pawnbroker who fails to comply with any requirement of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.