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Part 14Pawn-brokers and second-hand dealers
Division 3Contracts with pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers
Subdivision 4Other matters relating to contracts with pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers
304 Buyer may be compensated
Where a person buys or purports to buy goods from a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer and title to the goods, as a matter of law, either:
(a)
does not pass to the buyer; or
(b) having passed to the buyer, revests in a person who was the owner of the goods;
the buyer may recover from the pawnbroker or dealer in a court of competent jurisdiction, the amount paid by the buyer to the pawnbroker or dealer and any other costs reasonably incurred in relation to the acquisition and loss of the goods.
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