Charities Act - Singapore Statutes Online

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4 Law regulating distribution

5 Property of an intestate to be distributed

6 Persons held to be similarly related to deceased

7 Rules for distribution

8 Special provision if the intestate leaves lawful widows

9 Children’s advancement not to be taken into account

10 Application to cases of partial intestacy

11 Disclosure of information to and by Commissioner

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.

17 Public inspection of annual reports, etc.

19 Power to transfer all property, modify objects, etc.

20 Power to spend capital

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

26 Supplementary provisions relating to receiver and manager appointed for a charity

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

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

39 Prohibition on conducting fund-raising appeal without permit

40 Exclusion of judicial review

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

47 Power to compound

49 Transitional provisions

Charities Act

(CHAPTER 37)

(Original Enactment: Act 22 of 1994)

REVISED EDITION 1995

(15th March 1995)

An Act to make provision for the distribution of intestate estates.

[1st January 1995]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Intestate Succession Act.

Application

2. Nothing in this Act shall apply to the estate of any Muslim or shall affect any rules of the Muslim law in respect of the distribution of the estate of any such person.

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