32Pawnbroker not to purchase pawned goods

32 Pawnbroker not to purchase pawned goods

32 Pawnbroker not to purchase pawned goods

(1) Neither a pawnbroker nor an employee or person acting on behalf of a pawnbroker is permitted to buy goods that have been pawned to and are being sold by the pawnbroker.

(2) In the case of a corporate pawnbroker, subsection (1) extends to apply to every director of the pawnbroker, as well as to the pawnbroker, its employees and persons acting on its behalf.

(3) The title conveyed by a sale in contravention of this section is not valid against the owner of the article.

(4) If a person purports to purchase an article in contravention of this section, the pawnbroker to whom the goods were pledged, and that person, are each guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.