Pawnbrokers Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Offences
73. Offences, etc., when goods are reported to be lost, etc.
Feedback & supportA police officer may provide a pawnbroker with information concerning property that is lost, stolen or fraudulently or dishonestly disposed of.
pawnbroker
“pawnbroker” means a person who carries on a business of lending money on the security of pledges;
If a pawnbroker discovers that any goods in the possession of the pawnbroker, or offered to be pawned to the pawnbroker, have been reported to the police as lost, stolen or fraudulently or dishonestly obtained, the pawnbroker —
must immediately detain the goods;
must, as soon as practicable, inform a police officer; and
may detain the person offering the goods until a police officer arrives.
A pawnbroker that fails to comply with subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence.