Singapore legislation
Clause 39
Clause 39
Prohibition on conducting fund-raising appeal without permit
(1)
No person shall conduct or participate in any fund-raising appeal unless he is —
exempt from the provision of this section; or
a person to whom a permit has been granted by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations made for the purpose of this section.
(2)
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
(3)
The Minister, or such person as he may appoint, may exempt any person or class or persons from the provision of this section.
(4)
In this section and any regulations made for the purpose of this section —
Definition
“fund-raising appeal” means the soliciting or receiving from the public or any class of the public of any money or other property (whether for consideration or otherwise) which is made in association with a representation that the whole or any part of its proceeds is to be applied for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes;
Definition
“proceeds”, in relation to a fund-raising appeal, means all money or other property given (whether for consideration or otherwise) in response to the fund-raising appeal in question.
(5)
In this section and any regulations made for the purpose of this section, any reference to charitable purposes, where occurring in the context of a reference to charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes, is a reference to charitable purposes whether or not the purposes are charitable within the meaning of any rule of law.