Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 - SECT 22

Co-operation with police

22. Co-operation with police



(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 member of the police
force.



(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 member of the police force.

Penalty applying to this subsection: 20 penalty units.