Singapore legislation

Clause 22

Amendment of section 48

Section 48 of the Charities Act is amended by deleting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), any such regulations may —

(a)

prescribe the procedures and conditions for the registration of charities or any class of charities;

(b)

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;

(c)

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 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction; and

(d)

prescribe any other matter or thing required or permitted to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.”.

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