Section 34

If any proceedings before any court or Magistrate it shall appear that any article which has been lost or dishonestly or fraudulently obtained or acquired is held in pawn by any pawnbroker, the court or Magistrate may take evidence as to the circumstances of such pawning, and if the court or Magistrate so thinks fit may order the delivery of the article to the owner either on payment to the pawnbroker of the amount lent and of the profit due, or on payment to any part of such loan or profit, or without payment, as to the court or Magistrate may seem just and proper according to the conduct of the owner and the pawnbroker and the circumstances of the case.

PART IVA

INVESTIGATION, SEARCH AND ARREST