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PAWNBROKERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 31 

Frivolous complaints.

31.(1) A court of summary jurisdiction, where it appears to it that any
complaint in respect of an offence against this Act has been brought before it
on insufficient grounds, may order the complainant to pay to the defendant
such sum not exceeding ten pounds as the court may think proper by way of
compensation for loss of time and expense.

(2) A sum ordered to be paid under sub-section (1) shall be recoverable as a
penal sum adjudged to be paid on summary conviction.

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