Charities Act 2009
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Offence for unregistered charitable organisation to carry on activities in State. |
41.— (1) Any person who— | |
(a) advertises on behalf of, or causes another person to advertise on behalf of, a charitable organisation that is not registered or deemed to be registered, | ||
(b) invites, or causes another person to invite, members of the public to give money or property to a charitable organisation that is not registered or deemed to be registered, or | ||
(c) accepts, or causes another person to accept, a gift of money or other property on behalf of a charitable organisation that is not registered or deemed to be registered, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(2) A charitable organisation that is a body corporate and is not registered or deemed to be registered shall be guilty of an offence if it— | ||
(a) advertises, or causes another person to advertise on its behalf, | ||
(b) invites, or causes another person to invite, members of the public to give money or other property to it, or | ||
(c) accepts, or causes another person to accept, a gift of money or property on its behalf. | ||
(3) This section shall not apply in respect of a charitable organisation to which subsection (4) of section 39 applies— | ||
(a) during the period referred to in that subsection, or | ||
(b) where the organisation has made an application under that subsection, during that period and any further period beginning on the expiration of the first-mentioned period and ending when the Authority notifies the charity trustees in writing of its decision in relation to the application referred to in that subsection. | ||
(4) The charity trustees of a charitable organisation in respect of which there is a contravention of this section shall each be guilty of an offence. |