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Failure to deliver pledge to person entitled.
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24.—(1) Any pawnbroker who, without reasonable cause (proof of which shall lie on him), refuses or neglects to deliver a pledge to the person entitled thereto shall be guilty of an offence.
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(2) Where a pawnbroker is charged with an offence under this section, the court may, if it thinks fit, whether or not it imposes a penalty, order—
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(a) the delivery of the pledge to the person entitled thereto,
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(b) the payment by that person of the whole or part of the amount of the loan, interest and other lawful charges, or
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(c) both such delivery and payment.
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