Section 3
House to house and street collections to be licensed
of House to House and Street Collections Act 1947
Subject to the provisions of this Act, no collection shall be made unless the requirements of this Act as to a licence for the promotion thereof are satisfied.
*NOTE—All references to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as references to “Peninsular Malaysia”–
see Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2).
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(2)
If any person promotes a collection, and a collection is made in any locality pursuant to his promotion, then, unless there is in force, throughout the period during which the collection is made in that locality, a licence authorizing him, or authorizing another under whose authority he acts, to promote that collection in that locality, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(3)
If any person acts as a collector in any locality for the purposes of a collection, then, unless there is in force at all times when he so acts, a licence authorizing a promoter under whose authority he acts, or authorizing the collector himself, to promote that collection in that locality, he shall be guilty of an offence.