S.L. 492.3 Art. 4General provisions.

(1) A public collection or a fundraising activity shall have a legal cause.

(2) Fundraising activities shall be carried out for voluntary organisations either for a general or specific purpose.

(3) Where a voluntary organisation carries out fundraising activities, such voluntary organisations shall submit a statement of annual accounts for public collections to the Commissioner indicating each fundraising activity and the amount collected from public collections. Such statement shall be submitted in the form indicated in the annual returns submitted on a yearly basis by voluntary organisations.

(4) Any money, objects or any assets collected by any person not entitled to perform a public collection shall be confiscated and deposited in the Voluntary Organisations Fund.

(5) A voluntary organisation shall monitor the financial good standing and reputation of the collector before engaging a collector, who shall have a good-standing conduct certificate and shall not be declared bankrupt:

"Provided that collectors carrying out any public collection who are minors below the age of sixteen (16), shall be accompanied by a person who is an adult or a major, and the provisions relating to minors and guardianship under the Civil Code and the provisions under paragraph 12 of Tariff C of Schedule A to the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to these regulations.

Provided further that collectors subject to any criminal records or convictions may still be allowed to carry out public collections subject to the discretion of the Commissioner.