Western Australian Current Acts

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1994 - SECT 44

44 .         Records to be provided by second-hand dealers

        (1)         Before accepting goods under a contract a second-hand dealer must ensure that —

            (a)         a receipt for the goods and a copy of the receipt are signed by, or on behalf of, the dealer and by the other party to the contract; and

            (b)         the receipt is given to that other party.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         Each of the receipt and the copy is to bear the original signature of the persons referred to in subsection (1).

        [Section 44 amended: No. 46 of 2006 s. 17.]