Charities (Fund-raising Appeals for Local and Foreign Charitable Purposes) Regulations 2012

No. S 530

Charities Act

(CHAPTER 37)

Charities
(Fund-raising Appeals for
Local and Foreign Charitable Purposes)
Regulations 2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 39C and 48 of the Charities Act, Mr Chan Chun Sing, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Charities (Fund-raising Appeals for Local and Foreign Charitable Purposes) Regulations 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2012.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“auditor” means a person appointed to audit accounts according to the Fourth Schedule to the Charities (Accounts and Annual Report) Regulations 2011 (G.N. No. S 352/2011);

[Deleted by S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021]

“collector”, “commercial fund-raiser” and “commercial participator” have the meanings given by section 35(1) of the Act;

[S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021]

[S 18/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“designated person”, in relation to an organisation, means the person named by the organisation under regulation 21(2)(d) as the designated person for the purposes of these Regulations;

“foreign charitable purpose” means any charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purpose connected wholly or partly with persons, events or objects outside Singapore;

“fund-raising appeal” has the same meaning as in section 35(1) of the Act;

[S 18/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“institution of a public character” has the same meaning as in section 40 of the Act;

[S 18/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“organisation” means a group, whether incorporated or not, of persons who —

(a)	conduct their activities under a common name; and
(b)	maintain a list of members;

“permit” means a permit to conduct or participate in a fund-raising appeal granted under regulation 22(1)(a);

“permit holder” means a person who is granted a permit.

[S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021]

[Deleted by S 13/2021 wef 08/01/2021]

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to Sector Administrator shall include a reference to the Commissioner except that —

(a)	where a Sector Administrator has been appointed under section 41 of the Act to supervise the sector that a charity (whether established before, on or after 1st May 2007) is in, it shall be read as a reference to that Sector Administrator; or [S 18/2023 wef 31/12/2021]
(b)	where a commercial fund-raiser conducts a fund-raising appeal for, or purportedly for, the benefit of a charity and a Sector Administrator has been appointed under section 41 of the Act to supervise the sector that the charity is in, it shall be read as a reference to that Sector Administrator. [S 18/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

Made this 25th day of October 2012.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCYS 19-01-05 V6; AG/LLRD/SL/37/2010/2 Vol. 2]

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

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