Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section a
reference to a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer is also a reference to a
person who at the relevant time is in charge of the premises to which the
licence applies.
(2) Where a person
offers to pawn, sell, exchange or deliver goods to a pawnbroker or second-hand
dealer and the pawnbroker or dealer has reasonable cause to suspect that any
offence has been committed by the person in relation to the goods, the
pawnbroker or dealer may arrest the person.
(3) An arrest made
under this section is to be taken to be an arrest made under section 25 of the
Criminal Investigation Act 2006 and section 25(5) to (7) of that Act applies
accordingly.
[Section 83 amended: No. 5 of 2008 s. 130.]