Section 2
Interpretation
of House to House and Street Collections Act 1947
In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires—
“collection” means an appeal to the public or any class of the public, made by means of visits from house to house or of soliciting in streets or other public places, or by both such means, to give, whether for consideration or not, money or other property not being money or property due or about to fall due from the donors under or by virtue of any written law, contract or other legal obligation; and “collector” means, in relation to a collection, a person who makes such an appeal by either of the said means;
“house” includes a place of business;
“Inspector-General” means the Inspector-General of Police as defined by section 2 of the Police Act 1967 [Act 344];
“licence” means a licence under this Act;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this
Act;
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“proceeds” means, in relation to a collection, all money and all other property given, whether for consideration or not, in response to the appeal made;
“promoter” means, in relation to a collection, a person who causes others to act, whether for remuneration or otherwise, as collectors for the purposes of a collection; and “promote” and
“promotion” have corresponding meanings;
“the authority” means in relation to a collection to be made—
(a)
wholly within one State, the Chief Minister thereof; and
(b)
in any other case, the Minister;
“the licensing officer” means in relation to a collection to be made—
(a)
in any particular area within Peninsular Malaysia the
Chief Police Officer in charge of the police in that area;
and
(b)
throughout Peninsular Malaysia or in any area of which the police in one part thereof are in the charge of a Chief
Police Officer in charge of the police in any other part of such area, the Inspector-General;
*“Peninsular Malaysia” has the meaning assigned thereto in section 3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388] and includes the Federal Territory.
(2)
For the purposes of this Act, a collection shall be deemed to be made for a particular purpose where the appeal is made in association with a representation that the money or other property appealed for, or part thereof, will be applied for that purpose.