# House to House Collections Act 1939, Section 6: Collector to give name, &c. to police on demand.


A police constable may require any person whom he believes to be acting as a collector for the purposes of a collection for a charitable purpose to declare to him immediately his name and address and to sign his name, and if any person fails to comply with a requirement duly made to him under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/44/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/house-to-house-collections-act-1939/section-6
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