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No P1.eside11c.y Magis~ratu* II\\: '?eing a salaried jurisdktio,, . Presidency Magistrate* and no other C211rt inferior to to try that of a Magistrate of the second ::ass* shall try any offencc against 111 is Act y20. * * * ( * * .I 1 This section was omitted by section 13 of lb Tamil Nadu Pawn- brokers (Amendment) Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu &- 31 of 1961). *According to clauses (b) and (c) of ~ u ~ n (3) of section 3 of the Code of Crim~nal Procedure, 1973 ( h r a l Act 2 of 1974) any reference to a Magstrate of the second c l ~ ~ z o f the third cla~s and to a Presidency Magistrate shall be &rued as a re*. \ ,. rr,r 4 Once to a Judicial Magistrate of tl~c seco~ld cbs. and to a Metro- . * $ \ \ , politan Magis}r;~te rcspcctivcly. s g g by reason only of that offence elor cancellation], nor allowed in shall he by reason only of that offenoe 210r cancella- ti&], lose his lien on or right to the pledge or to the loan and the interest and other charges, if any, payable in respect thereof '[nor shall that offence or cancella- tion affect any obligation or liability incurred by the pawnbroker before that offence or cancellation :] Provided that if a pawnbroker fails to deliver to the pawner a pawn-ticket as required by section 7 or fails to give to thc pawner or his agent a receipt as required by clause (c) of sub-section ( I ) of section 10 or to furnish on a requisition made under clause (d) of that sub-section, a statement of account as required therein within one month after such requisi- tion has been madt, the pawnbroker shall not be entitled to any interest for the period of his default : Provided further that if in any suit or proceeding relating to a loan, the Court finds that a pawnbroker has not maintained accounts as required by clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section ( 1 ) of scction 10, he shall not be allo~cd his costs. - - Ist November 1 Tl~cse words werc substituted for the words and brackets '<Where a pawnbroker is guilty of an offence against (his Act (not being an olrcnce against any provision of this Act relating to l i c e n ~ s ) ~ by scction 14 (i) or the Tamil Nadu Pawnbroken: ( A n ~ e n d ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t ) Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu Act 31 of 1961). 2 Tlwe words wrrc i ~ l \ c ~ red by s ~ t i o n 14 (ii), ibi</, a These words were added by section 14 (iii), ;bid. 5 This word was substiti~ted for the word Adaptation Ordarof 1950. 919 I ! . I 1943 : - ,T.N. Act XMn] ~ t i ( \ w b c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * , 1st day of November 1944, Ih\Nl any of the ~rovi- e /' sions of this Act or direct t)\d\ trnY such ProvlSlOnS . / shall apply to such oompany \\\:lh such modrfications as may he specified in t:ie c,lll(i\Fq.I 3 ' I \ I