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PAWNBROKERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 37

Contracts not avoided by convictions.

37.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where a pawnbroker is convicted
of an offence against this Act (not being an offence against the provisions of
this Act relating to licences) any contract made by him with a pawner or
otherwise in relation to his business shall not be void by reason only of such
conviction, nor by reason only thereof shall he lose his lien on or right to
the pledge or to the loan and profit.

(2) Nothing in this section shall restrict the operation of any provision of
this Act providing for the delivery, by order of a court or resident
magistrate or justice of the peace, to the lawful owner of any goods or
chattels unlawfully pawned.

S.38 rep. by SLR 1973


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