Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 - SECT 21

Retention of goods for seven days

21. Retention of goods for seven days



(1) For 7 days after receiving second-hand goods a second-hand dealer or
pawnbroker must keep the goods in the form in which they were received and
without disposing of them in any way.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not derogate from any obligation a second-hand dealer
or pawnbroker might otherwise have to keep goods for a period longer than 7
days after receipt.