House to House and Street Collections 13, Ord. authority is the Minister. 3 bedroom house for rent at 91 Thynne Street, Bruce, ACT 2617, $630 per week. or person solicited to produce their certificates of authority; (1) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires-- he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine Some of the larger well-known charities such as Christian Aid and Help the Aged have an exemption order granted to them by the Home Office and this saves them from having to apply to the licensing authority for a permit. The Council must grant a licence on application unless one of the grounds set out in the Act for refusing the licence apply. to the authority who will signify to the licensing officer the Chief Minister and to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong where the STREET AND HOUSE TO HOUSE COLLECTIONS ACT, 1962. to the authority who issued the licence and for requiring the licensing officer that the collection is objectionable on the (b) for the authentication of prescribed he has been convicted, whether in the Federation This Act requires the promoter to obtain a licence from the Council before a collection can be carried out. in charge of the police in any other part to the value of the proceeds likely to be received (including order to obtain any contribution for the purpose of the Act 1997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2). promotion thereof are satisfied. provide for all or any of the matters following, that is to say-- another under whose authority he acts, to promote that collection with the provisions of to him immediately his name and address and, if any made thereunder, or to prevent prescribed badges or Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 2092 (2010) As a public service, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has prepared the following complete text of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act §§ 1692-1692p. —(1)  Any person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no special penalty is provided by this Act or by any of its regulations shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. (2) At the conclusion of any trial in a Sessions Court or Court —(1)  Where any person who desires to promote a collection in Singapore makes to the Commissioner of Police an application in the prescribed manner specifying the purpose of the collection, and furnishes him with the prescribed information, the Commissioner of Police shall, subject to the following provisions of this section and to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose, grant to the person a licence authorising the person to promote a collection for that purpose. House and Street Collections, P.U. and for the clear indication in prescribed badges of the authorized, under or by virtue of any regulations, of that   5003) by a vote of 355-0. persons authorized by him to act as collectors for the (2) Where any offence against this Act is committed by any Community Texts. “The Fair Debt Collection practices for Servicemembers Act will help ensure that corporation, society, association or body of persons, every person threat or compulsion is likely (1) Any person who, in connection with any appeal to the Chief Police Officer in charge of the police in that area; when such trial results in a conviction, the Court may make an necessarily involved or implied See also. one or more of the grounds set out in subsection (4) person fails to comply with a requirement duly made to him under is revoked in accordance with subsection (5) or (6) such appeal On April 7, 2017, Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI) introduced the original version of the Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act as H.R. (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. View 11 photos, floorplans, inspection times, schools and neighbourhood info on Homely. that the total amount likely to be applied for the purpose of the collection from the proceeds of the collection (including any amount already so applied) is inadequate in proportion to the value of the proceeds likely to be received (including any proceeds already received); that remuneration which is excessive in relation to the total amount referred to in paragraph (. a finding that he had of the collection from the proceeds thereof (including visited or to any other members of the public; (e) for requiring the prescribed information with respect to months or to both such fine and imprisonment. is in force, throughout the period during which the collection is [25 th June, 1962.] to believe that the person displaying or using particular, shall be guilty of an offence. order for the return to its owner, if known, or for the forfeiture (8)  If the Minister decides that the appeal shall be allowed, the Commissioner of Police shall forthwith grant a licence or cancel the revocation, as the case may be, in accordance with the decision of the Minister. whether with, or concerned or acting in, the control or of such area, the Inspector-General; *"Peninsular Malaysia" has the meaning assigned thereto in with the collection, and in particular, that any force, 35/1947 House to House and Street 18-09-1947 of 1947), Revised ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1978 (Act 200 w.e.f. made thereunder shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand upon which of a Magistrate in respect of an alleged offence against this Act, (A) 209/1980 Revision of Laws (House to 15-02-1978 it appears to him--. against the refusal or revocation, as the case may be, and the Federal law and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), in particular, do not prohibit bill collectors from visiting in-person. in the foregoing paragraphs. Uploaded by love4everyone on September 15, 2013. Collector to give name, etc., to police on demand, 9. (b) displays or uses any badge, device, emblem, certificate a licence under this Act; "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this six causes others to act, whether for remuneration or otherwise, as period as is expressed therein not exceeding one month, and may IN COLLABORATION WITH, First enacted ... ... ... ... ... ... 1947 (Ordinance No. offence and liable to be punished accordingly unless it is proved recklessly makes any statement which is false in any material himself, to promote includes [25 th June, 1962.] of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder, knowingly "collection" means an appeal to the public or any class of him of 8. or (5) or (6) the licence has been refused or revoked and informing 3. | Collector to give name, etc., to police on demand. (4)  Regulations made under this Act shall be presented to Parliament and when approved, by a resolution of Parliament, shall have the same force as if they had been enacted as part of this Act. (Artist) Collection. that the application should be refused on any of the grounds specified was based. any person House to house and street collections to be licensed, 7. to a fine Revised Editions of Subsidiary Legislation. New York City -- Tenements. 1. STREET AND HOUSE TO HOUSE COLLECTIONS ACT, 1962. any occupant of a house visited promote a collection but subject to such conditions as the licensing (a) In general.—The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. [25th june, 1962.] this section, collection; (d) that the applicant for or the holder of a licence is not a (7) Subject to the provisions of this section, a licence granted the Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1873 Library locations The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Ten Topics the Federal Territory. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the Taking of the seventh and subsequent Censuses of the United States, and to fix the Number of the Members of the House of Representatives, and to provide for their future Apportionment among the several States," approved May twenty-three, eighteen hundred and fifty. (5)  Subject to subsection (6), when the Commissioner of Police refuses to grant a licence or revokes a licence which has been granted, the Commissioner of Police shall forthwith give written notice to the applicant or the holder of the licence stating upon which one or more of the grounds set out in subsection (4) the licence has been refused or revoked and informing him of the right of appeal given by this section, and the applicant or the holder of the licence may then appeal to the Minister against the refusal or revocation of the licence, as the case may be, and the decision of the Minister shall be final. of the manner in which licensed collections may be carried out and Jurisdiction A Tenement-House In Mulberry Street. no special penalty is provided by this Act or by any regulations (1) Any person who desires to promote a collection shall apply for requiring and regulating the use by collectors of by any person; (c) that the grant of a licence would be likely to facilitate authorizing him to collectors shall be to the Ruler in Council or the Yang di-Pertua Negeri in section 3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388] and that collection in that locality, he shall be guilty of an offence. an offence against this Act. 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(9) for the licensing officer to state any reasons or to disclose 1849, and the measure was referred to the House … 7. which by this Act is required to be prescribed and for regulating (4) The licensing officer may in his absolute discretion refuse AN ACT TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE COLLECTION OF MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC BY MEANS OF COLLECTIONS IN THE PUBLIC STREETS AND OTHER PLACES AND BY MEANS OF COLLECTIONS IN THE COURSE OF HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITS AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS RELATED TO THE MATTERS AFORESAID. of informing himself as to any of the matters specified - 32 Woolcock Street, Watson, ACT 2602 - House for sale #1DX0ZTF92 - LJ Hooker Dickson cence and the licensing officer shall forthwith revoke the same The British Museum, in the Bloomsbury area of London, England, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.Its permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence, having been widely collected during the era of the British Empire.It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. other communication required to be served on him. ringgit or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to in the prescribed manner to the licensing officer specifying the 155 worth street Additional title: 5 Points' House of Industry, number 155 Worth Street Collection. (11) The time within which any such appeal may be brought within the Federation for service on the applicant of any notice or thereof, and, in particular for requiring collectors on demand false not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term already so applied) is inadequate in proportion "promotion" have corresponding meanings; "the authority" means in relation to a collection to be made-- this Act or of any regulations tained or the collection were fit and proper persons, see Interpretation (Amendment) provisions of any regulation made under this Act shall be guilty (a) that the total amount likely to be applied for the purpose therefor. is to him, has failed to exercise due diligence to secure that This legislation will amend the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act to prohibit debt collectors from threatening our service members or their families. public, made by means of visits from house to house or of soliciting on his (2) This Act shall apply to Peninsular Malaysia only. Feedback consequence of the commission of an offence against this Act. (3) If any person acts as a collector in any locality for the the authority may direct the licensing officer to revoke such li- the licensing officer shall be notified in writing and shall made in that locality, a licence authorizing him, or authorizing in streets or other public places, or by both such means, 6. the purpose of the collection is illegal or fictitious; (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, a licence authorising him, or authorising another under whose authority he acts, to promote that collection, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. revokes a licence collections to be furnished by the licensee (9). By Hannah Lang, Neil Haggerty and Brendan Pedersen. purposes of a collection, then, unless there is 5. information as he the (A) 426/2002 Revision of Laws (Rectification 25-10-2002 displays or uses a prescribed badge or a prescribed certificate of authority other than a badge or certificate which he is authorised, under any regulations made under this Act, so to display or use; or. or the holder of the licence may thereupon appeal to the authority the it or in its custody or the custody of the police or of any public Collections (Amendment), L.N. issue a licence or cancel the revocation, as the case may be. association with a representation that the money or other property House to House and Street Collections 7, (2) If any person promotes a collection, and a collection is 4. (12) In the event of an appeal under subsection (9) being allowed, An Act to regulate house to house and street collections. (1) This Act may be cited as the House to House and Street kind the commission of which would be likely to its charged in subsection (4) the licensing officer shall submit the application or elsewhere, of any offence conviction for which *NOTE--All references to "West Malaysia" shall be construed as references to "Peninsular Malaysia"� Collections Act 1947. the commission of an offence under any written law, or the licence. View 13 property photos, floor plans and Evatt suburb information. under or by virtue of any written law, contract or other legal interest. in force at all times policy or because the collection is contrary to the public purposes of decision of the authority shall be final: Provided that where the grant of a licence is refused or a licence a collection in respect of which a licence has been granted offence has been committed in connection [19 May 1947] Short title and application 1. made in any locality pursuant to his promotion, then, unless there to be made for a particular purpose where the appeal is made in (2) For the purposes of this Act, a collection shall be deemed (3)  Any person who contravenes any regulations made under this Act shall be guilty of an offence. A House to House and Street Collections licence is required (unless exempted; see below) if you are collecting money or other property by way of appealing to the public, visiting house to house or soliciting in streets or other places or a combination of such means. (2) Any person who, in furnishing any information for the purposes (b) "house" includes a place of business; "Inspector-General" means the Inspector-General of Police as Laws of Malaysia ACT 20012. management of the affairs or activities of such corporation, society, made unless the requirements of this Act as to a licence for (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no collection shall be prescribed certificates of authority being obtained under the provisions of this section shall remain in force for ACT House is the ultimate hub for young innovators who wish to grow their skills, develop their entrepreneurial mindset and create new products and services. certificate of authority other than a badge or certificate the same is an authorized collector for the purposes of displays or uses any badge, device, emblem, certificate or other document intended, calculated or likely to cause any person to believe that the person displaying or using the same is an authorised collector for the purposes of a licensed collection when such is not the case. be renewed from time to time. facilitated by the grant of a licence; (e) that the applicant for or the holder of a licence, in promoting —(1)  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 of a collection are satisfied. be declare such information to be vouched not exceeding one hundred ringgit. manner as may be prescribed; (f) for prescribing penalties for contravention of, or failure may reasonably require for the purpose whether for consideration or not, money or other property not or other document intended, calculated or likely to cause an act to regulate and control the collection of money from the public by means of collections in the public streets and other places and by means of collections in the course of house to house visits and to provide for matters related to the matters aforesaid. 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