Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of House to House and Street Collections Regulations 1976

Regulation 4

Duties of promoter

Every promoter of a collection must exercise due diligence to ensure —

(a)

that every person whom the promoter has caused to act as a collector and authorised under these Regulations to act as such for the purposes of the collection is a fit and proper person;

(b)

compliance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations on the part of such collector;

(c)

that for the purposes of the collection, no certificate of authority, collecting box or receipt book is issued to the collector under regulation 5(2) unless the name and address of the collector is recorded in a book in the custody of the promoter, against a distinguishing number allotted to the collecting box or receipt book by the promoter; and

(d)

that any certificate of authority and collecting box or receipt book issued to the collector under regulation 5(2) is returned when the collection is completed or when for any other reason the collector ceases to act as such.