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Part 6 · Fraudulent Possession of Property

37. Melting or defacing metals, etc., within 5 days of receipt

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Last amended by an amending law of 2025.

(1)

A relevant person who —

(a)

melts, alters, defaces, puts away, disposes of or sells any goods, metals or articles; or

(b)

causes any goods, metals or articles to be melted, altered, defaced, put away, disposed of or sold,shall be guilty of an offence if —

(c)

the act mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) was done —

(i)

within 5 days of receipt of the goods, metals or articles from any person other than another relevant person; or

(ii)

after receiving information from a police officer that the goods, metals or articles had been stolen or fraudulently obtained;

(d)

the act mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) was done without the previous permission of the Director, Criminal Investigation Department; and

(e)

the goods, metals or articles were in fact stolen or fraudulently obtained.

(2)

A relevant person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(3)

In this section —

“articles” means platinum, gold or silver articles;

“metals” means platinum, gold or silver;

“relevant person” means —

(a)

any pawnbroker or any dealer in secondhand goods;

(b)

any worker in platinum, gold or silver; or

(c)

any dealer in platinum, gold or silver articles.

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