Pawnbrokers Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Offences
71. Offences relating to pawning of goods and redemption of pledges
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the person pawns or attempts to pawn any goods, knowing or having reason to believe that the person is not authorised by the owner of the goods to pawn the goods;
pawn
“pawn” means to give possession of goods to a lender of money as security for the repayment of a loan;
the person pawns or attempts to pawn any goods that the person knows or has reason to believe were stolen or obtained through fraudulent or dishonest means;
the person redeems or attempts to redeem a pledge when the person knows or has reason to believe that the person has no title to the goods and is not entitled to redeem the goods;
pledge
“pledge” means goods that are taken into possession by a lender of money as security for the repayment of a loan.
the person redeems or attempts to redeem a pledge with a pawn ticket that the person knows or has reason to believe was forged or fraudulently obtained; or
the person knowingly gives any false information when pawning goods or redeeming a pledge.