Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1906 - SECT 7

    (1)     A licensed second-hand dealer must, if asked by a police officer, allow the police officer to inspect—

        (a)     any record the dealer is required to keep under this Act; or

        (b)     any second-hand goods in the dealer's possession; or

        (c)     any other record in the dealer's possession relating to second-hand goods.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     The police officer may—

        (a)     copy any record inspected under this section; and

        (b)     examine or photograph any second-hand goods in the dealer's possession that the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds have been stolen or fraudulently obtained.

    (3)     This section is additional to any other power of a police officer.