Singapore Statutes Online - 37 - Charities Act

Charities Act
(CHAPTER 37)

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9 (Repealed)

10 (Repealed)

11 (Repealed)

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15 (Repealed)

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 from being governing board members, etc., of a charity

28 Persons acting as governing board member, etc., 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

32A Power to relieve governing board members, etc., from personal liability

[ Repealed by Act 34/2010 wef 01/03/2011 ]

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

39C Regulations relating to fund-raising appeals

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.

41A Power of Commissioner to call for documents and search records

41B Supply of false or misleading information to Commissioner, etc.

41C Disclosure of information to and by Commissioner

42 Miscellaneous provisions as to orders of Commissioner

43 Service of documents

43A Holding out as registered charity or institution of a public character

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

THE SCHEDULE Exempt Charities

Legislative Source Key

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE SOURCE KEY

Charities Act

Unless otherwise stated, the abbreviations used in the references to other Acts and statutory provisions are references to the following Acts and statutory provisions. The references are provided for convenience and are not part of the Act:

NSW CFA 1991	:	New South Wales Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 (No. 69)
UK Charities Act 1992	:	United Kingdom Charities Act 1992 (Chapter 41)
UK Charities Act 1993	:	United Kingdom Charities Act 1993 (Chapter 10)
UK Charities Bill 2006	:	United Kingdom Charities Bill (dated 13 July 2006)
Casino Control Act 2006	:	Singapore Casino Control Act 2006 (No. 10 of 2006)
Charities Act 1985 Ed.	:	Singapore Charities Act (Chapter 37, 1985 Revised Edition)
Charities Act 1995 Ed.	:	Singapore Charities Act (Chapter 37, 1995 Revised Edition)
Income Tax Act	:	Singapore Income Tax Act (Chapter 134, 2004 Revised Edition)
IRAS Act	:	Singapore Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act (Chapter 138A, 1993 Revised Edition)