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If a person entitled and offering to redeem Conlpensa- 1) / a pledge shows to the satisfaction of a Civil Court tipn.fordePre- i having jurisdiction to entertain a suit for such redemp- it!:! Of tion that the pledge has become or has been rendered & of less value than it was at the time by or through the default, neglect viour of the pawnbroker the Court may if it thinks fit, award reasonable compe~lsation to the I owner of the pledge in respect of the damage, and the amount awarded shall be deducted from the amount payable to the pawnbroker, or shall be paid by the pawnbroker (as the case requires) in such manner as I the Court directs. I + '144. (I) The licensing authot ity specified in sub- power to I section (I) of section 4 may, at any time, during the cancellicences, term of any licence, cancel it by an order in writing- ((1) if the licensee carries on the business in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or of tHe conditions of . tlie licence, or (b) if any reason for wlGch such authority could have refused to grant the licence to the pawn- broker under sub-section (2) of section 4, is brought to the noticc of that authority :lftcr the grant of the licence, or (c) il' lhc. licc~lscc is convicted for ;III offence t111dcr. sub-scction (1) of section 15, or 1 I ((1) if the liccnscc maintains false accounts. I (2) Before cancelling a licence under sub-seetier? jl), the licensing authority shall give the licensee a iiatice in writing stating the grounds on whicli it is proposed to take action and reqbiring him to show c:~trstl ~3:linsr it within such time as may be specified ill Ilie notice (3) Any person aggrieved by an crder ol' the :~cencing zuthority cancelling a licecce u11det sub- section (I), may,within such time as &y be prescribed, appeal to such authorityas the State Government may specify in this behalf and such authority may make such order in the case as it may think fit. Publication of *14-B. Every order of cancellation of a licence under order of section 14-A shall be notified in the District Gazette and also on the notice-board of the office of the Licensing authority. No compensa- '14-C. A person whose licence is cancelled under section 14-A shall not be entitled to any compensa- tion of licence. tion in respect of such cancellation or to the refund of any fee paid i l l respect of such licecce. Auctioneers to maintain 1 4 ( I) Auctioneers collducting sales certain under this Act of pledges shall nlaintain such registers registers. containing such particulars as ]nay be prescribed. (2) At any till= within three years after the public auction, any police officer not below the rank of sub-inspector may inspect the registers referred to in sub-scction (1) at all reasonable times and at such place as may be prescribed. Pawnbrohcr