Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of section 28

Section 28 of the Pawnbrokers Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “him” at the end of subsection (2), the words “upon receipt of the charge specified in Schedule B”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) The printed form of declaration referred to in subsection (2) shall contain sufficient particulars of the pawn, including a description of the pledge, the date it was pawned, the pledge number or the lost pawn ticket number so as to enable the pawner to make a declaration before a person authorised to administer oaths or a notary public.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “Magistrate or a notary public by the applicant and by a person identifying him” in the second and third lines of subsection (3) and substituting the words “person authorised to administer oaths or a notary public by the applicant”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (7), the following subsection:“(8) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend, add to or revoke the whole or any part of Schedule A.”.