Singapore legislation
Section 73
Section 73
Offences, etc., when goods are reported to be lost, etc.
(1)
A police officer may provide a pawnbroker with information concerning property that is lost, stolen or fraudulently or dishonestly disposed of.
(2)
If a pawnbroker discovers that any goods in the possession of the pawnbroker, or offered to be pawned to the pawnbroker, have been reported to the police as lost, stolen or fraudulently or dishonestly obtained, the pawnbroker —
(a)
must immediately detain the goods;
(b)
must, as soon as practicable, inform a police officer; and
(c)
may detain the person offering the goods until a police officer arrives.
(3)
A pawnbroker that fails to comply with subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence.