| 1) | If a dealer suspects, or on reasonable grounds should suspect, that— |
| a) | any name, address or document furnished to the dealer is false; |
| b) | goods or goods for pawn, as the case may be, offered to such a dealer are stolen goods; or |
| c) | the appearance or aspects of an item offered to such dealer has been tampered with or there was an attempt to alter the appearance or aspects thereof in order to conceal the identity of the item, |
such dealer must immediately report the matter to a police official on duty at the police station in whose area the dealer carries on business.
| 2) | Upon receipt of a report referred to in subsection (1), the police official involved must take down the report in the prescribed manner and immediately provide the person who made the report with the prescribed acknowledgement of receipt. |
| 3) | A person required to make a report in terms of subsection (1) concerning a suspicion that any other person intends to commit or has committed an offence in terms of this Act, may not continue with and carry out any transaction to which such a suspicion relates. |
| 4) | The police official taking down a report contemplated in subsection (2), must immediately provide the designated police officer with a copy of such report, together with any particulars regarding the registering of any investigation dockets arising from such report. |
