Malaysia legislation
Section 39
Section 39
Any person—
(a)
who is a pawnbroker or an employee of a pawnbroker;
(b)
where a pawnbroker is a company, who is a director, general manager, manager or other officer of the company;
(c)
where a pawnbroker is a society, who is the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer or other officer of the society; or
(d)
where the pawnbroker is a firm or other body of persons, who is a partner or member, or other officer of the firm or body of persons, who, by any false, misleading or deceptive statement, representation or promise or by any dishonest concealment of material facts, fraudulently induces or attempts to induce any person to pawn any article or to agree to the terms on which an article is or is to be pawned, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
Pawnbrokers 45
General offences