Section 19Part 3 — OPERATION OF SECONDHAND DEALING BUSINESS
Verification of identity
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A secondhand dealer shall verify the identity of every person with whom he conducts a transaction by —
requesting photographic identification and retaining a copy of it;
logging in his records that he has personal knowledge of the person with whom he is transacting business where he has such knowledge; or
any other prescribed method.
A secondhand dealer shall in addition to requiring photographic identification, take a photograph in digital format of the person with whom he is transacting business where the value of the article is more than two hundred dollars and he has no personal knowledge of the person with whom he is transacting.
For the purposes of this section, "to have personal knowledge of a person" means to know the full name and address of the person.
A secondhand dealer who —
verifies the identity of a person in accordance with subsection (1) and knowingly records information that is incorrect or false; or
fails to verify the identity of a person in accordance with subsection (1),
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of two years, or to both.
Defined Terms
personal knowledge