Charities Act(CHAPTER 37)
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Interpretation
Part II COMMISSIONER OF CHARITIES
3 Appointment of Commissioner of Charities and other officers
4 Objectives and general functions of Commissioner
Part IIA CHARITY COUNCIL
4A Charity Council
4B Functions of Council
Part III REGISTRATION OF CHARITIES AND PROVISIONS FOR INQUIRING INTO CHARITIES
5 Registration of charities
6 Effect of, and claims and objections to, registration
7 Power of Commissioner to require change of charity’s name
8 General power of Commissioner to institute inquiries
9 Power of Commissioner to call for documents and search records
10 Supply of false or misleading information to Commissioner, etc.
11 Disclosure of information to and by Commissioner
Part IV CHARITY ACCOUNTS, REPORTS AND RETURNS
12 Duty to keep accounting records
13 Annual statements of accounts
14 Annual audit or examination of charity accounts
15 Supplementary provisions relating to audits, etc.
16 Annual reports
17 Public inspection of annual reports, etc.
18 Offences
Part V SMALL CHARITIES
19 Power to transfer all property, modify objects, etc.
20 Power to spend capital
Part VI APPLICATION OF PROPERTY CY-PRèS AND ASSISTANCE AND SUPERVISION OF CHARITIES BY COURT AND COMMISSIONER
21 Occasions for applying property cy-près
22 Application cy-près of gifts of donors unknown or disclaiming
23 Entrusting charity property to Public Trustee and termination of trust
24 Concurrent jurisdiction with High Court for certain purposes
25 Power to act for protection of charities
25A Power to suspend or remove trustees, etc., from membership of charity
26 Supplementary provisions relating to receiver and manager appointed for a charity
26A Power to direct application of charity property
26B Power to direct application of charity property after charity ceases to exist
27 Persons disqualified for being trustees of a charity
28 Persons acting as charity trustee while disqualified
29 Publicity for proceedings under this Part
30 Power to authorise dealings with charity property, etc.
31 Taking of legal proceedings
32 Charitable companies
Part VII CONTROL OF FUND-RAISING FOR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
33 Interpretation of this Part
34 Prohibition on professional fund-raiser, etc., raising funds for charitable institution without agreement in prescribed form
35 Professional fund-raisers, etc., required to indicate institutions benefiting and arrangements for remuneration
36 Cancellation of payments and agreements made in response to appeals
37 Right of charitable institution to prevent unauthorised fund-raising
38 False statements relating to institutions which are not registered charities
Part VIII FUND-RAISING APPEALS
39 Interpretation of this Part
39A Prohibition on conducting fund-raising appeal without permit
39B Power of Commissioner to prohibit or restrict fund-raising appeal
40 Exclusion of judicial review
Part VIIIA INSTITUTIONS OF A PUBLIC CHARACTER AND SECTOR ADMINISTRATORS
40A Interpretation of this Part
40B Appointment of Sector Administrators
40C Regulations relating to institutions of a public character and Sector Administrators
Part IX MISCELLANEOUS
41 Manner of giving notice of charity meetings, etc.
42 Miscellaneous provisions as to orders of Commissioner
43 Service of documents
44 Offences by bodies corporate
45 Enforcement of orders of Commissioner
46 Appeals from Commissioner
46A Protection from liability
47 Power to compound
47A Prosecution of offences
48 Regulations
49 Transitional provisions
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Legislative History