Pawnbrokers Act Amendment Act 1971 (Qld)

309 (1TC21151aITt4 ANNO VICESIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 16 of 1971 An Act to Amend The Pawnbrokers Act of 1849 in certain particulars (ASSENTED TO 19TH APRIL, 1971] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Pawnbrokers Act Amendment Act 1971. (2) The Pawnbrokers Act of 1849 as amended by this Act may be cited as the Pawnbrokers Act1849-1971.

310 Pawnbrokers Act Amendment Act 1971, No. 16 2. New s. 25A. The Pawnbrokers Act of 1849 is amended by inserting after section 25 the following section:- " 25A. Police entitled to enter and inspect in pawnbroker's premises . (1) A member of the Police Force may at all reasonable hours in the day-time enter the licensed premises of a pawnbroker and therein- (a) inspect all books and documents that are by this Act required to be kept by the pawnbroker and make therefrom any copy or extract; (b) inspect all pledges in the pawnbroker's possession. (2) A pawnbroker shall, upon request, produce to a member of the Police Force at all reasonable hours in the day-time all books and documents that are by this Act required to be kept by the pawnbroker and all pledges in his possession. (3) A pawnbroker who fails to comply with subsection (2) of this section commits an offence against this Act.".