SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS ACT 1989 - SECT 22 Co-operation with police

SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS ACT 1989 - SECT 22

S. 22(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 150.2).

    (1)     A second-hand dealer or pawnbroker must check second-hand goods in his or her possession and second-hand goods which he or she receives against any notice describing stolen goods served on him or her by a police officer.

S. 22(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 150.2).

    (2)     A second-hand dealer or pawnbroker who suspects for any reason that goods in his or her possession or which he or she receives may have been stolen must immediately inform a police officer.

Penalty applying to this subsection: 20 penalty units.