House to House and Street Collections (Collections for Charities — Exemption) Notification 2023

No. S 626

House to House and Street Collections Act 1947

House to House and Street Collections
(Collections for Charities — Exemption)
Notification 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the House to House and Street Collections Act 1947, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Notification is the House to House and Street Collections (Collections for Charities — Exemption) Notification 2023 and comes into operation on 9 October 2023.

Exemption

2.—(1)  Section 3 of the Act does not apply to a person who is a collector or a promoter of a collection, where the collection —

(a) is for —

(i) a fund‑raising appeal conducted by or for a charity registered under section 7 of the Charities Act 1994;

(ii) a fund‑raising appeal conducted by or for an exempt charity within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Charities Act 1994; or

(iii) a fund‑raising appeal for a foreign charitable purpose which the person has been granted a permit to conduct or participate in by the Commissioner of Charities under regulation 22(1) of the Charities (Fund‑raising Appeals for Local and Foreign Charitable Purposes) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 530/2012); and

(b) commences on or after 9 October 2023.

(2)  A collection, in relation to a fund‑raising appeal, commences when the first member of the public is visited at his or her house or is solicited in the streets or other public place, in relation to that fund‑raising appeal.

(3)  In this paragraph, “fund‑raising appeal” has the meaning given by section 35(1) of the Charities Act 1994.

Revocation and transitional provision

3.—(1)  Revoke the House to House and Street Collections (National Council of Social Service) (Exemption) Notification (N 1) (called in this paragraph the revoked Notification).

(2)  Despite sub‑paragraph (1), where a collection mentioned in paragraph 2 of the revoked Notification commences before 9 October 2023, the revoked Notification as in force before that date continues to apply in respect of that collection.

(3)  A collection mentioned in paragraph 2 of the revoked Notification commences when the first member of the public is visited at his or her house or is solicited in the streets or other public place in relation to that collection.

Made on 7 September 2023.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/089; AG/LEGIS/SL/128/2020/1 Vol. 1]