Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Charities (Fund-raising Appeals for Local and Foreign Charitable Purposes) Regulations 2012

Regulation 13

Application of this Part to commercial fund-raisers

Amended byS 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021

This Part applies to a commercial fund-raiser only if the commercial fund-raiser is any of the following persons:

(a)

any person (apart from a charitable institution) who carries on a fund-raising business; (b)any other person (apart from a person excluded by virtue of paragraph (2)) who for reward solicits money or other property for the benefit of a charitable institution, if he does so otherwise than in the course of any fund-raising venture undertaken by a person falling within sub-paragraph (a).

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021

In paragraph (1)(b), a reference to any other person excludes the following:

(a)

any charitable institution or any company connected with any such institution;

(b)

any officer or employee of any such institution or company, or any trustee of any such institution, acting (in each case) in his capacity as such;

(c)

any person acting as a collector in respect of a charitable appeal which is made in any public place or by means of visits from house to house (apart from a person who is to be treated as a promoter of such a collection by virtue of regulation 12(5));

(d)

any person who in the course of a radio or television programme in the course of which a fund-raising venture is undertaken by —

(i)

a charitable institution; or

(ii)

a company connected with such an institution,makes any solicitation at the instance of that institution or company;

(e)

any commercial participator.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of this regulation, a company shall be connected with a charitable institution if —

(a)

the charitable institution; or

(b)

the charitable institution and one or more other charitable institutions, taken together,is or are entitled (whether directly or through one or more nominees) to exercise, or control the exercise of, the whole of the voting power at any general meeting of the company.