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31 1964

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Number 31 of 1964.


PAWNBROKERS ACT, 1964


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title and commencement.

2.

Definitions.

3.

Application.

4.

Servants, agents and representatives of pawnbrokers.

5.

Transmission of rights, etc., of pawners.

6.

Repeals and transitory provision.

PART II

Licensing of Pawnbrokers

7.

Prohibition on carrying on business of a pawnbroker without licence.

8.

Grant of licence.

9.

Transfer of licence.

10.

Grant of certificates.

11.

Suspension and cancellation of licence.

12.

Forgery of certificate.

13.

Name and notice to be displayed.

PART III

Pawning, Redemption and Sale of Pledges

14.

Pawn-tickets.

15.

Special contracts and special contract pawn-tickets.

16.

Pawnbroker's books and records.

17.

Loans in current money.

18.

Division of loan prohibited.

19.

General restrictions on pawnbroker.

20.

Lawful interest and charges.

21.

Redemption periods.

22.

Holder of pawn-ticket person entitled to redeem.

23.

Offences relating to pawning and redeeming.

24.

Failure to deliver pledge to person entitled.

25.

Unlawful pawning of property of another.

26.

Delivery to owner of property unlawfully pawned.

27.

Offences by pawnbroker in relation to certain pledges.

28.

Owners and pawners of pledges not having pawn-tickets.

29.

Unredeemed pledges.

30.

Sale of pledges.

31.

Right of pawnbroker to purchase at auction.

32.

Right to inspect sale book and catalogue.

33.

Right of pawner to surplus on sale.

34.

Offences by auctioneers.

PART IV

Supplemental and Miscellaneous

35.

Notification by Garda Síochána of lost and stolen property.

36.

Persons presenting pawn-tickets suspected to be counterfeit.

37.

Duty of pawnbroker in certain suspicious circumstances.

38.

Persons escaping from or obstructing pawnbroker.

39.

Defence for pawnbroker.

40.

Storing of pledges and compensation for damage.

41.

Liability of pawnbroker in case of damage caused by fire.

42.

Unauthorised alteration of engravings.

43.

Contracts not void on account of conviction of pawnbroker.

44.

Attendance of pawnbroker before court and production of books, etc.

45.

Frivolous complaints.

46.

Power of entry, etc.

47.

Penalties for offences.

FIRST SCHEDULE

SECOND SCHEDULE

THIRD SCHEDULE

FOURTH SCHEDULE

FIFTH SCHEDULE

SIXTH SCHEDULE

SEVENTH SCHEDULE


Acts Referred to

Stamp Duties (Ireland) Act, 1842

1842, c. 82.

Betting Act, 1931

1931, No. 27.

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Number 31 of 1964.


PAWNBROKERS ACT, 1964


AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO PAWN-BROKERS. [12th November, 1964.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—