Charities Act - Singapore Statutes Online

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Appointment of Commissioner of Charities and other officers

4 Functions of Commissioner

5 Registration of charities

6 Effect of, and claims and objections to, registration

7 General power of Commissioner to institute inquiries

8 Power of Commissioner to call for documents and search records

9 Receipt and audit of accounts of charities

10 Exchange of information, etc.

11 Occasions for applying property cy-près

12 Application cy-près of gifts of donors unknown or disclaiming

13 Entrusting charity property to Public Trustee and termination of trust

14 Concurrent jurisdiction with High Court for certain purposes

15 Power to act for protection of charities

16 Publicity for proceedings under sections 14 and 15

17 Power to authorise dealings with charity property, etc.

18 Taking of legal proceedings

19 Charitable companies

20 General obligation to keep accounts

21 Manner of giving notice of charity meetings, etc.

22 Miscellaneous provisions as to orders of Commissioner

23 Enforcement of orders of Commissioner

24 Appeals from Commissioner

Charities Act

(CHAPTER 37)

(Original Enactment: Act 20 of 1982)

REVISED EDITION 1985

(30th March 1987)

An Act to make provision for the registration of charities, the administration of charities and their affairs and for purposes connected therewith.

[1st January 1983]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Charities Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“charitable purposes” means purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of Singapore;

“charity” means any institution, corporate or not, which is established for charitable purposes and is subject to the control of the High Court in exercise of the Court’s jurisdiction with respect to charities;

“charity trustees” means the persons having the general control and management of the administration of a charity;

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Charities appointed under this Act;

“exempt charity” means a charity specified in the Schedule;

“institution” includes any trust or undertaking;

“trusts”, in relation to a charity, means the provisions establishing it as a charity and regulating its purposes and administration, whether those provisions take effect by way of trust or not, and in relation to other institutions has a corresponding meaning.

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