Providing false information to Registrar
Open ↗70.—(1) A person —(a)
must not provide to the Registrar, for the purposes of this Act, any information that the person knows or has reason to believe is materially false or misleading; and
(b)
must not omit to provide any information to the Registrar for the purposes of this Act, if the person knows or has reason to believe that the omission will create a materially false or misleading impression.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Offences relating to pawning of goods and redemption of pledges
Open ↗71. A person shall be guilty of an offence if —(a)
the person pawns or attempts to pawn any goods, knowing or having reason to believe that the person is not authorised by the owner of the goods to pawn the goods;
(b)
the person pawns or attempts to pawn any goods that the person knows or has reason to believe were stolen or obtained through fraudulent or dishonest means;
(c)
the person redeems or attempts to redeem a pledge when the person knows or has reason to believe that the person has no title to the goods and is not entitled to redeem the goods;
(d)
the person redeems or attempts to redeem a pledge with a pawn ticket that the person knows or has reason to believe was forged or fraudulently obtained; or
(e)
the person knowingly gives any false information when pawning goods or redeeming a pledge.
Offences by pawnbroker
Open ↗72.—(1) It shall be an offence for a pawnbroker to take goods in pawn —(a)
from a person who appears to be intoxicated;
(b)
from a person below 18 years of age; or
(c)
without taking reasonable steps to satisfy itself that the goods were not stolen or obtained through fraudulent or dishonest means.
(2) It shall be an offence for a pawnbroker to make an advance on a pledge in any manner other than in money that is legal tender in Singapore.
Offences, etc., when goods are reported to be lost, etc.
Open ↗73.—(1) A police officer may provide a pawnbroker with information concerning property that is lost, stolen or fraudulently or dishonestly disposed of.
(2) If a pawnbroker discovers that any goods in the possession of the pawnbroker, or offered to be pawned to the pawnbroker, have been reported to the police as lost, stolen or fraudulently or dishonestly obtained, the pawnbroker —(a)
must immediately detain the goods;
(b)
must, as soon as practicable, inform a police officer; and
(c)
may detain the person offering the goods until a police officer arrives.
(3) A pawnbroker that fails to comply with subsection (2)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence.
