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Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1994
20Orders prohibiting a person carrying on business as a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker
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### 20 Orders prohibiting a person carrying on business as a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker
> > (1) Where a court convicts a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker of an offence against this Act or an offence involving dishonesty, the court may, in addition to any other order that it makes, by order prohibit the second-hand dealer or pawnbroker from carrying on for such period as the court thinks fit the business of buying or selling, or otherwise dealing in, second-hand goods, either as a principal or agent, or the business of a pawnbroker.
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> > (2) A person who carries on business as a second-hand dealer or pawnbroker in contravention of an order under [subsection (1)](#GS20@Gs1@EN) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units and a daily fine not exceeding 2 penalty units in respect of each day during which that person so carries on business.