Section 20
Pawnbroker may refuse to deliver up pledge
ActIn forceProvision 36 of 85
Section 20
(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 18, a pawnbroker who may have received notice not to deliver up any pledge in pawn from any police officer or from the owner of the pledge or of the pawn-ticket issued by him in respect thereof, or
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who may have reasonable cause to suspect that any pledge or any pawn-ticket issued by him in respect of the pledge has been dishonestly obtained, shall immediately report the matter to the nearest police station and shall retain the pledge in his possession until authorized to deliver it up by the officer in charge of the station or by a Magistrate.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.