Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PAWNBROKERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990 (NO. 33 OF 1990) - SECT 16

16. Sections 23 and 24 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted:

“23. Where—

        (a)     an article that has been pawned is sold or otherwise disposed of;

        (b)     the person by or for whom the article was pawned produces the duplicate in respect of the article; and

        (c)     that person requests inspection of the entry of sale of the article;

the pawnbroker or his or her employee shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to—

        (d)     produce the book or document containing the entry; or

        (e)     permit the person to inspect the entry.

Penalty: $500.

“24. A person who is a licensed pawnbroker or his or her agent or employee shall not purchase, receive or take in pawn an article from a person who is or is reasonably believed by the pawnbroker, agent or employee to be—

        (a)     under the age of 14 years; or

        (b)     intoxicated with liquor.

Penalty: $1,000.”.