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PAWNED PROPERTY ACT PROCLAIMED

Released on March 15, 2004

The Pawned Property (Recording) Act comes into force today. The Act provides the necessary framework for the operation of an electronic reporting system for pawned goods by those municipalities that adopt the program.

"Saskatchewan is the first jurisdiction in Canada to introduce this type of legislation," Justice Minister Frank Quennell said.

The Act authorizes municipalities to require pawnbrokers to record information about pawned items on a computerized registration system that will report pawned property transactions to local police services in real time. The new system will provide an enhanced ability for Saskatchewan police services to cross reference and index stolen goods against pawned materials on a regular basis.

"Our police services have indicated that this is a necessary tool for identifying and recovering stolen property," Quennell said. "We are in support of these important theft reduction initiatives, but also respect the business needs of our pawnbroking community."

Saskatoon Police Service Deputy Chief Don MacEwan said the new system will be much more effective in dealing with information about pawned goods.

"While this new system doesn't result in us collecting more information than was previously the case, it does allow us to deal with that information more effectively," MacEwan said.

Once implemented in a municipality, pawnbrokers will be required to obtain and record information about both the item being pawned and the person pawning the item before accepting the goods and completing the transaction. That information can then be immediately registered with the police service by a secure computer transaction.

This type of computerized registration system has been in use in Regina and Moose Jaw since 1999. The success of this project has resulted in a request by the police community to create these regulations for the potential implementation of the system throughout the province.

The Pawned Property (Recording) Act was passed in the Spring 2003 session of the Legislative Assembly as a crime prevention initiative undertaken at the request of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) and the Saskatchewan police community.

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For More Information, Contact:

Debi McEwen
Justice
Regina
Phone: (306) 787-6043

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