Pawnbrokers' Ordinance Amendment Act 1877 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO PRIMO

VICTORIE REGINA

No. 10

An Act to amend ' The Pawnbroker's Ordinance, 1860.'

[Assented to 10th August, 1877.

Preamble HEREAS it is expedient to amend The Pawnbroker's

Ordinance, 1800' ; Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency

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the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with

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Pawnbrokers—Amendment

the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as

follows :—

1. The thirteenth section of the said Ordinance shall be and the Repeal or sec. 13 same is hereby repealed ; provided always that the provisions of the '24thvi',N°.7 said section shall continue to apply to the case of any article taken in

pawn before the passing of this Act.

2. And in lieu of the provisions of the said thirteenth section, hereby repealed, it is hereby provided that, unless a longer time shall	Articles pawnedto be forfeited,
and may be sold
be expressly agreed upon, the period of redemption of any article taken	at the expira-tion of three
in pawn after the passing of this Act shall be three months, at the	months, except in ease of agree.
expiration of which period (or the expiration of any such longer	ment extending
period as may have been so agreed upon) every such article shall be	the time
deemed forfeited, and may be sold ; Provided always that in every case where a longer time of redemption than the said term of three months shall have been agreed upon, such time shall be specified in the entry required by the said Ordinance to be made at the time of taking any article in pawn, or at the foot thereof, and shall be men- tioned in like manner in the duplicate of each entry by the said Ordinance required to be given to the party pawning ; Provided also that any agreement for the forfeiture of any article in any case before the expiration of three months, shall be wholly void.

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON,

GOVERNOR.