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(3) A list of articles believed to have been stolen may be delivered by the police to any such merchant, dealer or owner licensed under this Act and thereupon it shall be the duty of such merchant, dealer or owner-
- (a) if any article answering the description of any of the articles set forth in any such list is offered to him by any person by way of sale or otherwise, to proceed in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2); and
- (b) if any such article is already in his possession, forthwith to communicate to the nearest police station the facts of the case (including full particulars as to the name and address of the person concerned in the delivery of the article to the merchant, dealer or owner) and also, if so required by the police, to deliver the article to them.
(9) Every scrap merchant, dealer in second-hand property or owner of an automobile workshop or tinker shop buying any article knowing or having reason to believe the same to be stolen property shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years and with fine.

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