Section 63 False statements relating to institutions which are not registered charities.I1

England and Wales

(1)

Where—

(a)

a person solicits money or other property for the benefit of an institution in association with a representation that the institution is a registered charity, and

(b)

the institution is not such a charity,

he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale.

(1A)

F1In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that he believed on reasonable grounds that the institution was a registered charity.

(2)

In F2this section “registered charity” means a charity which is for the time being registered in the register of charities kept under F3section 29 of the Charities Act 2011.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 63(1)(A) inserted (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 26(2), 82(2)
F2: Words in s. 63(2) substituted (3.11.1994) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 26(3), 82(2)
F3: Words in s. 63(2) substituted (14.3.2012) by Charities Act 2011 (c. 25), s. 355, Sch. 7 para. 66 (with s. 20(2), Sch. 8)

Commencement

I1: Pt. II (ss. 58-64) wholly in force at 1.3.1995; Pt. II not in force at Royal Assent see s. 79(2); Pt. II in force for certain purposes at 28.11.1994 and wholly in force at 1.3.1995 by S.I. 1999/3023, art. 2