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Conduct of the Sale.

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Sect. 2, acts as auctioneer at a sale for which Statutory required, must, on a demand made at the time of the Regulasale by any officer of excise or customs or of stamps and taxes, tions. produce and show a valid and current licence to such officer, or deposit with him the sum of £10 (t). Production of In default of so doing, any officer of the peace may arrest licence. the auctioneer before or after the termination of the sale and bring him before a justice of the peace for the county or place where the sale was held, and on proof of the offence the offender may be committed to prison for a period not exceeding one

1032. Every person who

a Hcence

is

month {u). The liability to imprisonment is in addition to the liability to the £10 penalty for acting as auctioneer without a licence (iv). If a deposit has been made on demand, the auctioneer can recover from the officer receiving it on production to such officer, within seven days, of a valid licence current at the date of the sale, otherwise the officer must account for the deposit to the excise authorities or their agents (x).

it

selling unredeemed pledges above the value of 10s. Catalogue of pawnbroker, the auctioneer must publish catalogues of sale of unredeemed the pledges stating the pawnbroker's name and place of business, pledges. the month in which each pledge was pawned, and the number of each pledge as entered at the time of pawning in the pledge-book, and the pledges of each pawnbroker in the catalogue must be separate from those of any other pawnbroker (y) The auctioneer must also insert in some public newspaper an Advertiseadvertisement giving notice of the sale, and stating the pawnbroker's ment. name and place of business and the months in which the pledges This advertisement must be inserted in the were pawned (a). same newspaper on two days, the last day to be at least three clear days before the first day of the sale (h).

1033. Before

on behalf

of a

Certain unredeemed pledges, statues, busts, carvings in

viz., pictures, prints,

books, bronzes, Works

wood and marble, cameos,

intaglios,

and

of

art etc.

musical, mathematical, and philosophical instruments, must not be sold at a sale when other unredeemed pledges are sold, and can only be sold on the first Monday in January, April, July, and October, or on the following day or days if the sale exceeds one

day (c). At the

sale the auctioneer must expose all pledges to public Purchase bypawnbroker. view ((/)• If the pawnbroker bids at the sale, as he is entitled to bidding take his than otherwise he do (e), the auctioneer must not takes biddings from other persons at the sale, and if a lot is knocked (t)

Auctioneers Act, 1845

(8

&

9 Vict.

c. 15), s. 8.

(u) Ibid, (lu)

Ibid.

(x) Ibid. [ij)

As

Pawnbrokers Act, 1872 (35

to pledges generally, see title (rt) Ibid., Sched. y. (4). {b) Ibid., Sched. y. (5). (c) Ibid., Sched. y. (6). Id) Ibid., Sched. v. (1). (e) Ibid., s. 20.

&

36 Vict.

c.

93),

Scked. V.

Pawnbrokers and Pledges.

(2)

and

(3).