Singapore legislation
Clause 14
Clause 14
Delivery to owner of property
(1)
If any person is convicted in any court of an offence under Chapter XVII of the Penal Code (Cap. 224) in respect of any property, and it appears to the court that the property has been sold to a secondhand goods dealer, the court may, on proof of the ownership of the property and if it thinks fit, order the delivery thereof to the owner either on payment to the secondhand goods dealer of the amount of the purchase price or any part thereof, or without payment thereof or of any part thereof, as to the court according to the conduct of the owner and the other circumstances of the case seems just and fitting.
(2)
The court may also adjourn the proceedings for the attendance of the secondhand goods dealer and may summon the secondhand goods dealer to attend at the adjourned hearing.
(3)
If after hearing the secondhand goods dealer the court is satisfied that the secondhand goods dealer, before purchasing the property referred to in subsection (1) —
ought reasonably to have known or suspected that the property was stolen property; and
did not exercise due care and diligence to ascertain that the property was not stolen property,the court may order the secondhand goods dealer to pay a financial penalty not exceeding $2,000.