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Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990
320Power of pawnbrokers, dealers and others to arrest
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320 Power of pawnbrokers, dealers and others to arrest
(1) In this section a reference to a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer
is also a reference to a person who at the relevant time is in charge
of the premises to which the licence relates.
(2) Where a person offers to pawn, sell, exchange or deliver goods to a
pawnbroker or second-hand dealer and the pawnbroker or dealer
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has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence has been
committed by the person in relation to the goods, the pawnbroker or
dealer may arrest the person.