Pawnbrokers. [Ch. 31. No. 12.

of the Police Force not under the rank of sergeant and also
by any constable holding a written authority from the
Commissioner of Police specially authorising him to act
under this section, who are hereby severally authorised to
enter at any time during business hours any pawnbroker’s
shop, without warrant, to search for and examine the said
books and to take extracts and copies therefrom.

(2) Ifa pawnbroker fails to comply with the require-
ments of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence.

46. (1) Information as to property lost, stolen, or
otherwise fraudulently disposed of shall be given by the
Police, as soon as possible after such loss or fraud, to all
pawnbrokers, with lists and descriptions of the same.

(2) If any property answering such lists and des-
criptions shall be in the possession of any pawnbroker, or
shall thereafter be offered to or shown to any pawnbroker,
he shall, without unnecessary delay, give information to
that effect at the nearest Police Station or to a constable,
with the name and address of the person in whose possession
the property was seen.

(3) If a pawnbroker fails to comply with any of the
requirements of the last preceding subsection, he shall be
guilty of an offence.

(+) A pawnbroker shall have power to seize and detain
the person offering or showing such property until the
arrival of a constable.

47. Any officer of the Police Force not under the rank of
sergeant, and also any constable holding a written authority
from the Commissioner of Police specially authorising him to
act under this section, may enter any pawnbroker’s shop at
any time during business hours and may, without warrant,
search the house, shop, or premises of such pawnbroker for
any articles that he may have reason to suspect to be
therein and to have been dishonestly obtained or dis-
honestly placed there.

48. (1) Any constable having reason to believe that a
person in or loitering about a pawnbroker’s shop under
suspicious circumstances has with him any article dis-

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Information
to be given
by Police
to pawn-
brokers of
lost and
stolen
property.

Right to
enter and
scarch pawn-
shops, etc.

Constable
may arrest
persons
loitering
about pawn-
shops under