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Ch. 31. No. 12.] Pawnbrokers.

General
penalty lor
offences.

Frivolous
informa-
tions.

Common
informers
compound-
ing informa-
tions.

Detention

of persons
offering
forged pawn-
tickets, etc.

Pawn-
broker's
books sub-
ject to ex-
amination
by officer
of Police.

Penalties and legal proceedings.

41. Ifa pawnbroker or other person is guilty of an offence
under this Ordinance, in respect whercof a specific forfeiture
or penalty is not prescribed by this Ordinance, he shall be
liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of forty-cight
dollars.

42. Where an information or complaint of any offence
against this Ordinance (not being an offence against any
provision relating to licences) is laid or made before a
Magistrate, and is not further prosecuted, or if any such
information or complaint is further prosecuted, but it appears
to the Magistrate by whom the case is heard that there
was no sufficient ground for the making of the charge, such
Magistrate shall have power to award such amends, not
xceeding the sum of twenty-four dollars, to be paid by the
informer or complainant to the party informed or com-
plained against for his loss of time and expense. in’ the
matter, as to such Magistrate seems meet.

43. If any person lodges an information for an offence
alleged to have been committed against this Ordinance by
which he was not personally aggrieved, and afterwards
directly or indirectly receives, without the permission of a
Magistrate, any sum of money or other reward for com-
pounding, delaying, or withdrawing the information, he shall
be guilty of an offence.

44. If any person utters, produces, shows, or offers to a
pawnbroker a pawn-ticket which the pawnbroker reasonably
suspects to have been counterfeited, forged, or altered, the
pawnbroker may seize and detain the person andthe
ticket, or cither of them, and shall deliver the person and the
ticket, or cither of them (as the case may be), as soon as
may be into the custody of a constable, who shall, as soon
as may be, convey the person, if so detained, before a
Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.

45. (1) The books required by this Ordinance to be kept
by a pawnbroker shall be produced by him for examination
at any time during business hours on demand by any officer