Whoever, being a pawnbroker or the employe of a pawnbroker, makes any loan or advances, or permits to be made any loan or advance, to any minor under the age of eighteen years, or in any manner receives, directly or indirectly, any goods, chattels, wares, or merchandise from any minor under the age of eighteen years, in pledge for loans made or to be made to such minor, or whoever acts as an intermediary between any pawnbroker or the employe of a pawnbroker to effect any loan, the benefit of which shall accrue to any minor under the age of eighteen years, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or undergo imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.
18 P.S. § 4650