Section 2

In this Ordinance –

“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

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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;

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Police of Sabah or any officer in charge of police district to whom the Commissioner delegates his authority under this Ordinance;

“house” includes a place of business;

“licence” means a licence under this Ordinance;

“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.

For the purposes of this Ordinance, 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.

House to house and street collections to be licensed.