Cap. 166A 《當押商規例》Pawnbrokers Regulations

First Schedule

Form 1 [reg. 3(1)]

Application No. .

(Section 5) (Chapter 166) PAWNBROKERS REGULATIONS

To the Commissioner of Police

APPLICATION FOR A PAWNBROKERS LICENCE

BEFORE completing this application READ the Note below.

I . hereby apply for a licence to carry on business as a pawnbroker. In support of my application I submit the following particulars:

A: Personal Details

1.		Name of applicant:
2.		Identity Card No.:
3.		Commercial Code No.:
4.		Telephone No.:
5.		Residential address:
6.		Date of birth:
7.		Place of birth:
8.		Nationality:

B: Business Details

9.		Name of business establishment:
10.		Address of business premises including number, street and floor:

11.		Indicate by deleting as necessary whether you are—
		I am—	(a) the owner of the premises; or (b) the principal tenant; or (c) a sub-tenant.
12.		Indicate by deleting as necessary whether the business is—
		The business is—
			(a) an individual concern; or (b) a partnership (not a body corporate); or (c) a body corporate.

13.		If the business is a partnership state the following particulars—
		(a)	Date partnership formed:
		(b)	Details of Partners:
			Name	I.D. Card No.	Address	Date of Birth
		1. 2. 3. 4.

14.		If the business is a body corporate state the following particulars—
		(a)	Company name:
		(b)	Place of incorporation:
		(c)	Date of incorporation:
		(d)	Registered office:
		(e)	Details of Directors:
			Name	I.D. Card No.	Address	Date of Birth	Period of service as director
		1. 2. 3. 4.

15.		Give the following details of each bank at which you keep or propose to keep an account in connexion with your business as a pawnbroker—
		Name of bank	Its Address	The Account Number	Date Account opened
		1. 2. 3. 4.

C： Other Particulars

16.		(a)	Have you ever previously made application for a licence under the Pawnbrokers Ordinance?
			Yes/No (Delete as necessary)
		(b)	If “Yes” state—
			(i) the date of application
			(ii) whether the application was successful.
			Successful/Unsuccessful (Delete as necessary)
		(c)	If the application was unsuccessful, state the reason if known to you

17.		(a)	Have you ever been convicted of an offence, other than a traffic offence, in Hong Kong or elsewhere?
			Yes/No (Delete as necessary)
		(b)	If “Yes”, give the following details—
			The Offence	Penalty imposed	Date of conviction	Court which tried the offence
		1. 2. 3. 4.
I declare that the information given by me in this application is to the best of my knowledge and belief, both true and correct.
		Dated this day of 19 .
				Signed
				Applicant
Note		1.	You are advised to read the Pawnbrokers Ordinance and the Pawnbrokers Regulations which make provision for the manner in which the business of a pawnbroker is to be carried on. In particular, you should refer to regulation 9 of the Regulations which sets out the conditions to which all licences are subject.
		2.	You should also note that a pawnbroker making a loan which exceeds the monetary limit set out in the First Schedule to the Pawnbrokers Ordinance may commit an offence under the Money Lenders Ordinance (Chapter 163) if he is not also in possession of a licence under that Ordinance.
		3.	You are warned that the making of any false or misleading statement or the furnishing of any false or misleading information in connexion with this application may result in both the refusal of the grant or renewal of a licence, or its subsequent cancellation if it is granted or renewed, and in your prosecution for the commission of an offence.
		4.	(Repealed 10 of 2008 s. 65)

(L.N. 222 of 1995; E.R. 4 of 2020)

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Form 2 [reg. 3(3)]

Licence No. .

(Section 5) (Chapter 166) PAWNBROKERS REGULATIONS

LICENCE is granted this . day of . 19

to

(name and identity card number)

to carry on business as a pawnbroker at

. (address of premises)

for a period of 12 months from the date of grant.

THIS LICENCE is subject to the conditions prescribed in regulation 9 of the Pawnbrokers Regulations.

THIS LICENCE shall, unless it is earlier cancelled, cease to have effect on . 19 .

.

Commissioner of Police

(L.N. 222 of 1995; E.R. 4 of 2020)

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Form 3 [reg. 4]

(Chapter 166) GENERAL BOOK KEPT UNDER SECTION 12 ENTRY IN GENERAL BOOK

The . day of . moon of the . year, 19 .

No. of Loan	Date of advancing money on loan	Name of borrower	Number and type of identity document of borrower	Home address of borrower	Description of goods	Rate of interest	Amount of loan	Duration of loan

(L.N. 222 of 1995)

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Form 4 [reg. 5]

(Chapter 166) TICKET DELIVERED UNDER SECTION 13(1)

No. .

From

(name of pawnbroker)

of .(address of premises) pawnbrokers.

To . as borrower.

(name of borrower)

1.	The particulars of the loan are—
The . day of . moon of the . year, 19 .

No. of Loan	Date of advancing money on loan	Name of borrower	Number and type of identity document of borrower	Home address of borrower	Description of goods	Rate of interest	Amount of loan	Duration of loan

2.	You are advised that—
	(a)	the goods pawned shall upon the expiration of 4 lunar months from the date of advancing the money on loan become, if they are not earlier redeemed, the property of the pawnbroker;
	(b)	if before the expiration of 4 lunar months from the date of advancing the money on loan, you wish to continue the loan you may do so subject to your paying the interest then due;
	(c)	the goods will be redelivered to you if within 4 lunar months from the date of advancing money on loan, you tender this ticket together with the full amount then due for principal and interest;
	(d)	if you lose or are fraudulently deprived of this ticket and the goods remain unredeemed or unsold, you may, upon providing the pawnbroker with a statutory declaration setting forth the circumstances of such loss or fraudulent deprivation and paying to him the sum of $10 for expenses, obtain a duplicate ticket.

(L.N. 222 of 1995)

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Form 5 [reg. 6]

(Section 14) (Chapter 166) PAWNBROKERS REGULATIONS

To:
(Name of pawnbroker)
I . (name, number and type of identity document of declarant)
of
(address)
solemnly and sincerely declare—
1.	That I am the borrower and/or* the owner of goods pawned in respect of the following loan made with you—

Date of advancing money on loan	Description of goods	Rate of interest	Amount of loan	Duration of loan

2.	I no longer have the ticket relating to the loan in my possession for the following reasons—
	(give details)
	And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.
	Signed .
Declared at . in Hong Kong this
day of . 19.
	Before me .
	.
	Pawnbroker
*(delete as required)
Directions to pawnbroker
In taking this declaration you should ask the person so declaring to confirm that he is the person named and described in the declaration, that the contents of the declaration are true and that the signature is his signature.

(L.N. 222 of 1995; E.R. 4 of 2020)

Second Schedule

[reg. 7]