12. Police officers may enter and search licensed dealers’ shops, etc.

Terms defined in s 2

• licensed dealer

  licensed dealer

  Defined · s 2

  “licensed dealer” means a dealer in secondhand goods only, or in such goods together with goods which are not secondhand, licensed under this Act;

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• person

  person

  Defined · s 2

  “person” includes a firm or a person carrying on business in a firm’s name;

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• shop

  shop

  Defined · s 2

  “shop” includes a house, place of business or other premises;

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• stolen property

  stolen property

  Defined · s 2

  “stolen property” means property the possession whereof has been transferred by theft, or by extortion, or by robbery, and property which has been criminally misappropriated or in respect of which criminal breach of trust or cheating has been committed whether the transfer has been made or the misappropriation or breach of trust or cheating has been committed within or without Singapore; but if such property subsequently comes into the possession of a person legally entitled to the possession thereof, it then ceases to be stolen property;

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