319Seizure of goods suspected stolen

319 Seizure of goods suspected stolen licence applies and has reasonable cause to suspect that goods in the possession of a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer have been Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 130 stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, the member may without warrant seize the goods. (2) Where goods are seized from a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer a police officer is to: (a) issue a receipt for the goods as soon as practicable; and (b) where the record is in a signable format and the person who at the time is apparently in charge of the premises so requests, sign the record made under section 279 or 281, as the case may be. (3) A pawnbroker or second-hand dealer may request that a police officer, before leaving premises at which goods have been seized under this section, sign a document accurately listing the goods seized, and the member is to comply with the request. (4) Where it is established to the satisfaction of a police officer that goods seized from a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer have not been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, a member of the Police Force is to return the goods to the pawnbroker or second- hand dealer as soon as practicable. (5) Where subsection (4) does not apply in relation to goods seized from a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer, a police officer: (a) is to return the goods to the owner of the goods; or (b) where the goods are not returned to the owner and competing claims have been made as to rights in respect of the goods, keep the goods in safe custody until the claims have been determined; and in either case, is to notify the pawnbroker or second-hand dealer of the manner of disposal. (6) Nothing in subsection (5) affects a right of a pawnbroker or second- hand dealer to take proceedings to recover possession of goods seized from the pawnbroker or dealer but the proceedings are to be commenced within 6 months after the day the goods are seized.