Section 30Part 8 — Unlawful Pawning and Taking in Pawn
Proceedings where persons offering articles in pawn do not give a good account of themselves, etc.
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Whoever —
offers to a pawnbroker an article by way of pawn, being unable or refusing to give a satisfactory account of the means by which he became possessed of the article;
wilfully gives false information to a pawnbroker as to whether an article offered by him in pawn to the pawnbroker is his own property or not, or as to his name and address, or as to the name and address of the owner of the article; or
not being entitled to redeem, and not having any colour of title by law to redeem a pledge, attempts or endeavours to redeem the same,
is guilty of an offence.
In every such case, and also in any case where, on an article being offered in pawn to a pawnbroker, he reasonably suspects that it has been stolen or otherwise illegally or clandestinely obtained, the pawnbroker may seize and detain the person and the article, or either of them, and shall deliver the person and the article, or either of them, as the case may be, as soon as may be into the custody of a constable, who shall, as soon as may be, convey the person, if so detained, before a Justice, to be dealt with according to law.