# Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, Section 26: Offences under section 63 of the Charities Act 1992: creation of statutory defence.

Extent: E+W

(1) Section 63 of the Charities Act 1992 (which makes it an offence to solicit property for an institution while falsely representing that it is a registered charity) shall be amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
“(1A) In 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.”
(3) In subsection (2) (meaning of “registered charity”) for the words “subsection (1)” there shall be substituted “ this section ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/40/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-act-1994/section-26
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