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PAWNBROKERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 29

Prohibition on taking in pawn linen, wearing apparel, etc.

29.(1) Any pawnbroker who knowingly takes in pawn without the authority or
consent of the owner any linen or wearing apparel or
unfinished goods or materials entrusted to any person to wash, scour, iron,
mend, manufacture, work up, finish or make up, shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2) A pawnbroker convicted under sub-section (1) shall restore the pledge to
the owner thereof in accordance with such directions as may be given by the
court.


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