Section 14
Delivery to owner of property
of Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007
(1)
If any person is convicted in any court of an offence under Chapter 17 of the Penal Code 1871 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 of the property 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 seems just and fitting to the court according to the conduct of the owner and the other circumstances of the case.
(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 mentioned 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.