Singapore legislation

Clause 48

Regulations

(1)

The Minister may make such regulations as he considers necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions and purposes of this Act and for the due administration thereof.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), any such regulations may —

(a)

prescribe the form and content of —

(i)

agreements made for the purposes of section 34; and

(ii)

notices served under section 37(3);

(b)

require professional fund-raisers or commercial participators who are parties to such agreements with charitable institutions to make available to the institutions books, documents or other records (however kept) which relate to the institutions;

(c)

specify the manner in which money or other property acquired by professional fund-raisers or commercial participators for the benefit of, or otherwise falling to be given to or applied by such persons for the benefit of, charitable institutions is to be transmitted to, such institutions;

(d)

provide for any provisions of section 35 or 36 having effect in relation to solicitations or representations made in the course of radio or television programmes to have effect, subject to any modifications specified in the regulations, in relation to solicitations or representations made in the course of such programmes by charitable institutions, or by companies connected with such institutions, and, in that connection, provide for any other provisions of Part VII to have effect for the purposes of the regulations subject to any modifications so specified;

(e)

make provisions regulating the raising of funds for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes (whether by professional fund-raisers or commercial participators or otherwise) or the conduct of public charitable collections, including provision prohibiting persons under a prescribed age from acting as collectors and prohibiting others from causing them so to act and determining the remuneration of the collectors;

(f)

prescribe the fees for the inspection of the register of charities or of other material kept by the Commissioner and for other services provided by the Commissioner; and

(g)

provide that any person who contravenes the regulations 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)

In subsection (2)(c), the reference to such money or other property includes a reference to money or other property which, in the case of a professional fund-raiser or commercial participator, has been acquired by him otherwise than in accordance with an agreement with a charitable institution, but by reason of any solicitation or representation in consequence of which it has been acquired, is held by him on trust for such an institution.

(4)

All regulations made under this Act shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

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