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Pawnbrokers Act 2015 s 71

s 71 Offences relating to pawning of goods and redemption of pledges

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.

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