Chapter:	227	Title:	MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	48	Heading:	Restoration of property unlawfully pledged, etc.	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) It shall be lawful for a magistrate to order that any goods brought before him which have been unlawfully pledged or exchanged, and the ownership of which is established to his satisfaction, shall be delivered up to the owner by the person with whom they were so unlawfully pledged or exchanged, either without compensation or with such compensation to that person as he may think fit.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect pawnbrokers.