Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of section 31

Section 31 of the Pawnbrokers Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by renumbering the section as subsection (1); and

(b)

by inserting immediately thereafter the following new subsection: —“(2) In every such case, and also in any case where, on an article being offered in pawn to a pawnbroker he reasonably suspects that it has been stolen or otherwise illegally or clandestinely obtained, the pawnbroker may seize and detain the person and the article, or either of them, and shall deliver the person and the article or either of them (as the case may be) as soon as may be into the custody of a police officer, who shall as soon as may be convey the person, if so detained, before a magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.”.