Pawnbrokers Act 1972 s 18
s 18 Period for and conditions of redemption
(1) Subject to this Act every pawnbroker at any time within six months from the pawning of any article to him or within such longer period as may have been agreed upon by him with the pawner shall deliver up the pledge to any person who may present the pawn-ticket issued by him in respect thereof and may tender payment of the sum borrowed thereon, and shall give to that person a receipt for all such moneys received from that person and shall record the particulars of that person in the pawnbroker’s book.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tempoh dan syarat penebusan
(1) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini tiap-tiap pemegang pajak gadai, pada bila-bila masa dalam tempoh enam bulan dari tarikh pemajakgadaian mana-mana barang kepadanya atau dalam sesuatu
tempoh yang lebih lama sebagaimana yang mungkin telah dipersetujui olehnya dengan pemajak gadai itu hendaklah menyerahkan sandaran itu kepada mana-mana orang yang mungkin mengemukakan surat pajak gadai yang dikeluarkan olehnya berkenaan dengan sandaran itu dan yang mungkin membayar wang yang telah dipinjam atas sandaran itu, dan hendaklah memberi orang itu suatu resit bagi semua wang yang diterima daripada orang itu dan hendaklah merekodkan butir-butir mengenai orang itu dalam buku pemegang pajak gadai itu.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
