Charities (Electronic Transactions Service) Regulations 2019

No. S 243

Charities Act

(CHAPTER 37)

Charities (Electronic Transactions
Service) Regulations 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Charities Act, the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Charities (Electronic Transactions Service) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 2 April 2019.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“authorised user”, in relation to any person, means any individual who is authorised by the person in the manner required by the Commissioner, to access and use Charity Portal for the person;

“charitable fund-raiser” has the meaning given by regulation 20A of the Charities (Fund‑Raising Appeals for Local and Foreign Charitable Purposes) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 530/2012);

[S 625/2023 wef 09/10/2023]

“Charity Portal” means the electronic transactions service known as Charity Portal that is accessible from the Internet website at https://www.charities.gov.sg.

[S 625/2023 wef 09/10/2023]

Use of Charity Portal and GoBusiness Licensing electronic transactions services

3.—(1) Unless the Commissioner otherwise allows —

(a)	the applications, documents and information specified in the First Schedule must be submitted to the Commissioner only through Charity Portal; and
(b)	the applications, documents and information specified in the Second Schedule must be submitted to the Commissioner only through the electronic transactions service known as GoBusiness Licensing. [S 722/2019 wef 31/10/2019]

(2) The Commissioner may, through Charity Portal, publish or supply to any person, to the extent that the publication or supply is not restricted by any written law or rule of law relating to confidentiality —

(a)	any application, document or information submitted to the Commissioner under the Act, whether or not submitted through an electronic transactions service; and
(b)	any summary, compilation or analysis of the contents of, or any extract from, any such application, document or information.

[S 722/2019 wef 31/10/2019]

Made on 1 April 2019.

TAN GEE KEOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Culture,
Community and Youth,
Singapore.

[076-019-003 V7; AG/LEGIS/SL/37/2015/5 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 48(4) of the Charities Act).

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