State Act

The Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348 Fasli.

64. (1) Whoever, being ordinarily a pawn-broker, or dealer in second-hand property, or worker in metals, or reasonably believed by the *[Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad] to be such a person, and having received from a Police officer written or printed information that the possession of any property is suspected to have been transferred by any offence mentioned in 26[section 411 of the Indian Penal Code] or by any offence punishable under 26[section 417, 418, 419 or 420 of the Indian Penal Code] is found in the possession or thereafter comes into the possession or has an offer either by way of sale, pawn, or exchange or for custody, alteration or for any other purpose, made to him, of property answering the description contained in the aforesaid information, shall, unless- (firstly) he forthwith gives information to the *[Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad] or at a Police Station of such possession or offer and takes suitable steps to ascertain the name and address of the person from whom the possession or offer was received and to give information as aforesaid, (secondly) - the property being a common wearing apparel or otherwise, incapable of identification from the written or printed information, has been in no way concealed after the receipt of such information, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees in respect of each such articles which may be in his possession or offered to him. (2) Whoever, after the receipt of such information as aforesaid, alters, melts, defaces or puts away or causes or suffers to be altered, melted, defaced or put away any property without previous permission of the Police, shall, on proof that the same was stolen property within the meaning of 27[section 411 of the Indian Penal Code], or property in respect of which any offence punishable under 27[section 417, 418, 419 or 420 of the Indian Penal Code], was committed, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.