Section 2
In this Ordinance—
of Public Collections Ordinance, 1996
“charitable purpose” shall have the same meaning assigned to that expression in the Charitable Trusts Ordinance, 1994 [Cap.
7];
“certificate of authority” means a certificate issued under section 6(2);
“collector’s identification card” means an identification card issued under section 6(2);
“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 other written law, contract or other legal obligation;
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“collector”, in relation to a collection, means a person who makes such an appeal by either of those means;
“house” includes a place of business or any building or place whatsoever;
“licence” means a licence issued under this Ordinance;
“Licensing Officer” means, in relation to a collection to be made—
(a)
wholly within the State, the State Secretary;
and
(b)
within a Division or a District, the Resident of the Division;
“proceeds”, in relation to a collection, means 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.