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Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000
Chapter C-9

Current as of November 1, 2010
CHARITABLE FUND-RAISING ACT

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reference only. The official Statutes and Regulations should be consulted for all
purposes of interpreting and applying the law.
Regulations
The following is a list of the regulations made under the Charitable Fund-raising
Act that are filed as Alberta Regulations under the Regulations Act
Alta. Reg. Amendments
Charitable Fund-raising Act
Charitable Fund-raising………………… 108/2000………… 251/2001, 57/2004,
108/2004, 182/2005,
38/2007, 60/2009

CHARITABLE FUND-RAISING ACT
Chapter C-9
Table of Contents
1 Interpretation
2 Purposes
3 Application
Part 1
Soliciting Contributions
4 Application of Part 1
5 Hours of solicitation
6 Providing information during solicitation
7 Duty to maintain records
8 Financial statements and returns
9 General information
10 Receipts
11 Holding contributions in trust
Part 2
Charitable Organizations
and Fund-raising Businesses
Charitable Organizations
12 Solicitations to individuals
13 Use of fund-raising businesses
14 Registration
15 Grounds for refusing registration, terms and conditions
16 Notice to applicant
17 Expiration of registration
18 Changes in information
19 Financial year

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2 Fund-raising Businesses
20 Fund-raising business
21 Solicitations by fund-raising businesses
22 Licensing
23 Grounds for refusing a licence, terms and conditions
24 Notice to applicant
25 Expiration of licence
26 Changes in information
27 Security
28 Donor list
Fund-raising Agreements
29 Duty to enter into agreement
30 Requirements
Standards of Practice
31 Standards of practice
32 Compliance with standards
Part 3
Donor Fund-raisers
33 Meaning of donor fund-raiser
34 Meaning of solicitation
35 Duty
36 Information
37 Representations
Part 4
Enforcement
Inspections and Investigations
38 Inspectors
39 Inspection
40 Inspection of s7 records
41 Order allowing inspection
42 Initiating investigation
43 Order to assist investigation
Ministerial Powers
44 Ministerial powers

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3 45 Injunction
Suspension, Cancellation and Terms and Conditions
46 Grounds
Part 5
General
47 General prohibitions
48 False statements
49 Complying with terms and conditions
50 Refraining from making solicitations
51 Disclosure by Minister
52 Appealing decision of Minister
53 Order compelling proper use of contributions
54 Restriction on municipal powers
55 Offence
56 Compensation for loss
57 Regulations
57.1 Protection from liability
Part 6
Transitional
58 Transitional
59 Bonds
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:
Interpretation
1(1) In this Act,
(a) “business” means
(i) an entity, including an individual carrying on
business as a sole proprietorship or a partnership or
corporation, that is formed to make a profit for its
owners, members or shareholders, or
(ii) a corporation that is allowed under the law that
applies to its formation to distribute any profits to its
owners, members or shareholders during its
existence;

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(b) “charitable organization” means
(i) any incorporated or unincorporated organization that
is formed for a charitable purpose, or
(ii) a person who makes solicitations for contributions to
be used for a charitable purpose and who is not
connected to any incorporated or unincorporated
organization that is formed for the charitable purpose
for which the solicitation is made;
(c) “charitable purpose” includes a philanthropic, benevolent,
educational, health, humane, religious, cultural, artistic or
recreational purpose, so long as the purpose is not part of
a business;
(d) “contribution” means money, goods or services or a
promise or pledge to give money, goods or services;
(e) “donor fund-raiser” means a business described in section
33;
(f) “fund-raising agreement” means an agreement between a
charitable organization and a fund-raising business
described in section 30;
(g) “fund-raising business” means a fund-raising business
described in section 20;
(h) “gross contributions” means gross contributions as
calculated in accordance with the regulations;
(i) “licence” means a licence issued or renewed under this
Act;
(j) “licensed” means holding a valid and subsisting licence;
(k) “Minister” means the Minister determined under section
16 of the Government Organization Act as the Minister
responsible for this Act;
(l) “registered” means holding a valid and subsisting
registration under this Act;
(m) “registration” means a registration made or renewed under
this Act;
(n) “solicitation” means

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(i) a direct or indirect request for a contribution in which
it is stated or implied that the contribution will be
used by a charitable organization or for a charitable
purpose, or
(ii) a request for a contribution through a direct or
indirect request to buy a good or service in which it
is stated or implied that all or a portion of the
purchase price will be used by a charitable
organization or for a charitable purpose;
(o) “standards of practice” means the standards of practice
established under section 31;
(p) “volunteer” means a person who offers their services in
any capacity and does not receive remuneration.
(2) In this Act,
(a) a reference to a solicitation made by a charitable
organization means a solicitation made by the charitable
organization or its employees or volunteers;
(b) a reference to a solicitation made on behalf of a charitable
organization means a solicitation made by a fund-raising
business on behalf of the charitable organization;
(c) a reference to a solicitation made by a fund-raising
business means a solicitation made by a fund-raising
business or the employees or volunteers of the
fund-raising business.
1995 cC-4.5 s1;1997 c19 s1(2)
Purposes
2 The purposes of this Act are
(a) to ensure that the public has sufficient information to
make informed decisions when making contributions to a
charitable organization or for a charitable purpose, and
(b) to protect the public from fraudulent, misleading or
confusing solicitations and to establish standards for
charitable organizations and fund-raising businesses when
making solicitations.
1995 cC-4.5 s2;1997 c19 s1(26)

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6 Application
3 This Act does not apply to
(a) a solicitation made by a charitable organization to a
person or to a member of a person’s family if the person is
a member of the organization when the solicitation is
made,
(b) a solicitation made by a charitable organization for goods
or services that are to be used by the charitable
organization for its administration or some other
non-charitable purpose, or
(c) a solicitation made in respect of a gaming activity that is
authorized by a licence under the Gaming and Liquor Act.
1995 cC-4.5 s3;1996 cG-0.5 s135
Part 1
Soliciting Contributions
Application of Part 1
4(1) This Part applies only to the following solicitations and the
solicitations described in subsection (2):
(a) solicitations made by a fund-raising business;
(b) solicitations made by a charitable organization that uses a
fund-raising business to make solicitations on its behalf or
to manage or be responsible for solicitations made by or
on behalf of the charitable organization;
(c) solicitations made by a charitable organization in its
financial year if the charitable organization intends to
raise, as a result of those solicitations, gross contributions
of $25 000 or more from persons in Alberta during that
financial year.
(2) Regardless of a charitable organization’s intent, if a charitable
organization in its financial year raises, as a result of solicitations,
gross contributions of $25 000 or more from persons in Alberta,
this Part applies to solicitations made by the charitable organization
from the time it reaches $25 000 in gross contributions until the
end of that financial year.
1995 cC-4.5 s4;1997 c19 s1(3)

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7 Hours of solicitation
5 A person making solicitations by telephone may make them
only between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.
1995 cC-4.5 s5
Providing information during solicitation
6(1) A person who makes a solicitation in person must, before
accepting a contribution, provide the person who is being
solicited with
(a) the information required by the regulations in the manner
and form required by the regulations, and
(b) an adequate opportunity to review the information.
(2) A person who makes a solicitation by telephone must provide
each person who is being solicited and who gives a contribution
with the information required by the regulations in the manner and
form required by the regulations.
(3) A person who makes a solicitation through printed material,
television or other media must provide the information required by
the regulations in the manner and form required by the regulations.
1995 cC-4.5 s6;1997 c19 s1(4)
Duty to maintain records
7 A charitable organization or fund-raising business that makes
solicitations must maintain
(a) complete and accurate financial records of its operations
in Alberta for at least 3 years after the solicitations are
made,
(b) records regarding the solicitations made in Alberta for at
least 3 years after the solicitations are made, and
(c) other records and documents described in the regulations
for the period described in the regulations.
1995 cC-4.5 s7;1997 c19 s1(5)

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8 Financial statements and returns
8 If solicitations are made by or on behalf of a charitable
organization in a financial year, the charitable organization must
prepare for that financial year audited financial statements or
financial information returns as specified by the regulations that
meet the requirements of the regulations.
1995 cC-4.5 s8
General information
9(1) If solicitations are made by or on behalf of a charitable
organization, the charitable organization must provide the
following information to any person who requests it:
(a) a copy of the most recent audited financial statements or
financial information return that the charitable
organization is required to prepare under section 8;
(b) the portion of gross contributions received during the
charitable organization’s last financial year that were used
directly for charitable purposes and not for the
administration of the charitable organization or other
purposes and an estimate of the portion of gross
contributions received in its current financial year that
will be used directly for charitable purposes and not for
the administration of the charitable organization or other
purposes;
(c) reasonable detail about where and how the contributions
received as a result of the solicitations will be spent;
(d) the information that must be provided under section 6.
(2) Despite subsection (1)(a), a charitable organization may
establish a reasonable fee for providing a copy of its audited
financial statements or financial information return that is based on
the cost of reproducing the documents, and postage if the
documents are to be mailed, and the charitable organization may
refuse to provide a copy of the documents unless the fee is paid.
1995 cC-4.5 s9;1997 c19 s1(6)
Receipts
10(1) A person who makes a solicitation must give a receipt to a
person making a monetary contribution if the person making the
contribution requests a receipt.

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(2) This section does not apply to a solicitation that involves a
direct or indirect request to buy a good or service.
1995 cC-4.5 s10
Holding contributions in trust
11(1) Every fund-raising business and every employee of a
fund-raising business who receives contributions on behalf of a
charitable organization holds the contributions in trust for the
charitable organization.
(2) The trustee has no power to invest monetary contributions
received on behalf of a charitable organization and must, within 3
days after receiving the monetary contributions, not including
Saturdays and holidays, deposit the money, without making any
deductions, into an account held in a bank, trust corporation, credit
union or treasury branch in Canada.
(3) The account must be in the name of the charitable organization
that is the beneficiary and be under the sole control of the
charitable organization.
(4) The trustee must comply with any requirements established for
the trust by the regulations.
(5) The Trustee Act does not apply to the trust.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s11;2009 c7 s3
Part 2
Charitable Organizations
and Fund-raising Businesses
Charitable Organizations
Solicitations to individuals
12(1) No charitable organization may make a solicitation to an
individual unless the charitable organization is registered.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a solicitation made to an
individual
(a) includes a solicitation made to an individual who operates
a sole proprietorship or is a partner in a partnership, and
(b) does not include a solicitation made to a corporation or a
government.

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(3) Subject to subsection (4), this section does not apply to a
charitable organization during its financial year if the solicitations
it makes to individuals in Alberta or to individuals and others in
Alberta are intended to raise gross contributions that have a value
of less than $25 000 during that financial year.
(4) Regardless of a charitable organization’s intent, if a charitable
organization in its financial year raises, as a result of solicitations,
gross contributions of $25 000 or more from individuals in Alberta
or individuals and others in Alberta, the charitable organization
must be registered within 45 days after the gross contributions
reach $25 000.
(5) This section does not apply to a charitable organization if,
throughout its financial year,
(a) the charitable organization is not incorporated,
(b) the charitable organization is affiliated in some manner
with another charitable organization, referred to in this
subsection as the affiliated organization, and
(c) the affiliated organization controls the distribution of any
contributions the charitable organization receives during
its financial year as a result of solicitations made by the
charitable organization.
1995 cC-4.5 s12;1997 c19 s1(9)
Use of fund-raising businesses
13 No charitable organization may use a fund-raising business
(a) to make solicitations on its behalf, or
(b) to manage or be responsible for solicitations made by or
on behalf of the charitable organization
unless the charitable organization is registered.
1995 cC-4.5 s13;1997 c19 s1(25)
Registration
14 A charitable organization that wishes to be registered or to
have its registration renewed must provide the Minister with
(a) the information required under the regulations, and
(b) the fee established under the regulations.
1995 cC-4.5 s14

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11 Grounds for refusing registration, terms and conditions
15(1) In this section, “conviction” means a conviction for
(a) an offence under this Act, or
(b) an offence under any criminal or other law in force in
Alberta or elsewhere that, in the Minister’s opinion,
indicates that the person convicted is unsuitable to deal
with contributions or to make solicitations.
(2) The Minister may refuse to register or renew the registration of
a charitable organization and the Minister may impose terms and
conditions on a registration when registering or renewing the
registration of a charitable organization if the charitable
organization or any of its principals, directors or managers, within
the 5 years preceding the application for registration or renewal,
(a) is convicted of an offence referred to in subsection (1) or
is serving a sentence imposed under a conviction,
(b) fails to pay a fine imposed under a conviction or fails to
comply with an order made in relation to a conviction,
(b.1) is named in a certificate signed under the Charities
Registration (Security Information) Act (Canada), or
(c) is subject to an order made under the Fair Trading Act or
a predecessor or successor of the Fair Trading Act, the
making of which, in the Minister’s opinion, indicates that
the person who is subject to the order is unsuitable to deal
with contributions or to make solicitations.
(3) The Minister may also refuse to register or renew the
registration of a charitable organization if the Minister has
reasonable grounds to believe that the charitable organization or
any of its principals, directors or managers will contravene this
Act.
(4) The Minister may also refuse to register or renew the
registration of a charitable organization and the Minister may
impose terms and conditions on a registration when registering or
renewing the registration of a charitable organization if, in the
Minister’s opinion, any of the charitable organization’s principals,
directors, managers or employees referred to in section 32(1) or (2)
have contravened section 32(1) or (2).
RSA 2000 cC-9 s15;2002 c32 s3

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12 Notice to applicant
16(1) Before refusing to register or renew the registration of a
charitable organization or imposing a term or condition on the
registration, the Minister must
(a) notify the charitable organization of the reasons why the
registration may be refused or the proposed terms and
conditions and the reasons why they may be imposed, and
(b) provide the charitable organization with an opportunity to
make representations to the Minister’s designate.
(2) If, after subsection (1) has been complied with, the Minister
decides to refuse to register or renew the registration of a charitable
organization, the Minister must give written reasons for the
decision to the charitable organization.
1995 cC-4.5 s16
Expiration of registration
17 The registration of a charitable organization is for the time
period established under the regulations.
1995 cC-4.5 s17
Changes in information
18(1) A charitable organization must inform the Minister of any
change in the information provided under section 14 within 30 days
after the change.
(2) This section applies to changes in information occurring when
the charitable organization is registered or when the registration is
suspended and within 30 days after the charitable organization’s
registration expires or is cancelled.
1995 cC-4.5 s18
Financial year
19 For the purposes of this Act, the financial year of a charitable
organization that is not a corporation is
(a) the calendar year, or
(b) if the charitable organization requests the Minister to
establish another time period, a period of 12 consecutive
months specified by the Minister.
1995 cC-4.5 s19

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Fund-raising Businesses
Fund-raising business
20(1) A fund-raising business is a business that
(a) makes solicitations on behalf of a charitable organization
or manages or is responsible for solicitations made by or
on behalf of a charitable organization,
(b) provides those services for remuneration, and
(c) is not an employee of the charitable organization.
(2) A fund-raising business includes a business that
(a) is hired by another business to make solicitations on
behalf of a charitable organization or to manage or be
responsible for solicitations made by or on behalf of a
charitable organization, and
(b) is not an employee of the other business.
1995 cC-4.5 s20;1997 c19 s1(12)
Solicitations by fund-raising businesses
21 No fund-raising business may make a solicitation on behalf of
a charitable organization or manage or be responsible for
solicitations made by or on behalf of a charitable organization
unless the fund-raising business is licensed.
1995 cC-4.5 s21;1997 c19 s1(25)
Licensing
22 A fund-raising business that wishes to be licensed or to have
its licence renewed must provide the Minister with
(a) the information required under the regulations,
(b) the fee established under the regulations, and
(c) a security that meets the requirements of the regulations
and that is in an amount specified by the Minister.
1995 cC-4.5 s22;1997 c19 s1(25)
Grounds for refusing a licence, terms and conditions
23(1) In this section, “conviction” means a conviction for
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(b) an offence under any criminal or other law in force in
Alberta or elsewhere that, in the Minister’s opinion,
indicates that the person convicted is unsuitable to deal
with contributions or to make solicitations.
(2) The Minister may refuse to issue or renew a licence and the
Minister may impose terms and conditions on a licence when
issuing or renewing the licence if a fund-raising business or any of
its principals, directors or managers, within the 5 years preceding
the application for the licence or renewal of the licence,
(a) is convicted of an offence referred to in subsection (1) or
is serving a sentence imposed under a conviction,
(b) fails to pay a fine imposed under a conviction or fails to
comply with an order made in relation to a conviction,
(b.1) is named in a certificate signed under the Charities
Registration (Security Information) Act (Canada), or
(c) is subject to an order made under the Fair Trading Act or
a predecessor or successor of the Fair Trading Act, the
making of which, in the Minister’s opinion, indicates that
the person who is subject to the order is unsuitable to deal
with contributions or to make solicitations.
(3) The Minister may also refuse to issue or renew a licence if the
Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the fund-raising
business or any of its principals, directors or managers will
contravene this Act.
(4) The Minister may also refuse to issue or renew a licence and
the Minister may impose terms and conditions on a licence when
issuing or renewing the licence if, in the Minister’s opinion, the
fund-raising business or any of its principals, directors, managers
or employees has contravened section 32(3).
RSA 2000 cC-9 s23;2002 c32 s3
Notice to applicant
24(1) Before refusing to issue or renew a licence of a fund-raising
business or imposing a term or condition on the licence, the
Minister must
(a) notify the fund-raising business of the reasons why the
licence may be refused or the proposed terms and
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(b) provide the fund-raising business with an opportunity to
make representations to the Minister’s designate.
(2) If, after subsection (1) has been complied with, the Minister
decides to refuse to issue or renew a licence of a fund-raising
business, the Minister must give written reasons for the decision to
the fund-raising business.
1995 cC-4.5 s24;1997 c19 s1(25)
Expiration of licence
25 A licence is issued for the time period established under the
regulations.
1995 cC-4.5 s25
Changes in information
26(1) A fund-raising business that has been issued a licence must
inform the Minister of any change in the information provided
under section 22 within 30 days after the change.
(2) This section applies to changes in information occurring when
the licence is in force or when it is suspended and within 30 days
after the licence expires or is cancelled.
1995 cC-4.5 s26;1997 c19 s1(25)
Security
27 A fund-raising business must stop its activities for which it is
required to be licensed if the security that the fund-raising business
has provided to the Minister under this Act is not in force.
1995 cC-4.5 s27;1997 c19 s1(25)
Donor list
28(1) A donor list, being a list of names of and other information
about persons who have given a contribution to a charitable
organization that is compiled by a fund-raising business,
(a) is the property of the charitable organization, and
(b) is under the exclusive control of the charitable
organization.
(2) No fund-raising business that compiles a donor list for a
charitable organization may use or deal with the donor list except
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(3) Where a fund-raising agreement between a charitable
organization and a fund-raising business expires, is terminated or
otherwise ceases to be in effect, any donor list to which that
agreement relates and that is in the possession of or otherwise
under the management of the fund-raising business must be turned
over to the charitable organization.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s28;2003 cP-6.5 s65
Fund-raising Agreements
Duty to enter into agreement
29(1) No charitable organization may use a fund-raising business
to make solicitations on its behalf or to manage or be responsible
for solicitations made by or on behalf of the charitable organization
unless the charitable organization and the fund-raising business
have entered into a fund-raising agreement that meets the
requirements of section 30 and the agreement is in force.
(2) No fund-raising business may make a solicitation on behalf of
a charitable organization or manage or be responsible for
solicitations made by or on behalf of a charitable organization
unless the fund-raising business and the charitable organization
have entered into a fund-raising agreement that meets the
requirements of section 30 and the agreement is in force.
(3) In this section, references to a fund-raising business do not
include a fund-raising business under section 20(2).
1995 cC-4.5 s28;1997 c19 s1(15)
Requirements
30(1) A fund-raising agreement must be in writing and must
include
(a) all the terms and conditions between the parties respecting
the fund-raising, including the duties and responsibilities
of both parties;
(b) the estimated amount of contributions to be received and
an estimate of expenses and costs;
(c) the methods of soliciting contributions to be used;
(d) if the solicitations will involve selling goods or services, a
description of the goods or services and the specific price
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(e) the location of the account of the charitable organization
into which monetary contributions are to be deposited;
(f) the charitable organization’s address and the name and
telephone number of the contact person for the charitable
organization;
(g) the fund-raising business’s address and the name and
telephone number of the contact person for the
fund-raising business;
(h) any matter provided for in the regulations.
(2) A fund-raising agreement must establish the remuneration of
the fund-raising business, and the remuneration must be
(a) a specific amount of money,
(b) a specified percentage of gross contributions, or
(c) a combination of a specific amount of money and a
specified percentage of gross contributions.
1995 cC-4.5 s29;1997 c19 s1(16)
Standards of Practice
Standards of practice
31(1) The Minister may establish standards of practice relating to
fund-raising carried out by charitable organizations and
fund-raising businesses.
(2) The Minister must ensure that the standards of practice are
published in The Alberta Gazette.
(3) The Regulations Act does not apply to the standards of
practice.
1997 c19 s1(17)
Compliance with standards
32(1) The principals, directors, managers and employees of a
charitable organization whose main responsibility is to make
solicitations for the charitable organization or to manage or be
responsible for solicitations made by the charitable organization
must comply with the standards of practice.
(2) If a charitable organization has an employee described in
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charitable organization must take reasonable steps to ensure that
the employee complies with the standards of practice.
(3) A fund-raising business and its principals, directors, managers
and employees must comply with the standards of practice.
1997 c19 s1(17)
Part 3
Donor Fund-raisers
Meaning of donor fund-raiser
33 A donor fund-raiser is a business that makes a direct or
indirect request to buy a good or service normally produced or
provided by the business in which it is stated or implied that all or a
portion of the purchase price will be donated to a charitable
organization or be used for a charitable purpose.
1995 cC-4.5 s30;1997 c19 s1(18)
Meaning of solicitation
34 For the purposes of this Act, the request to buy the good or
service referred to in section 33 is not a solicitation.
1995 cC-4.5 s31
Duty
35 A donor fund-raiser that makes a representation that all or a
portion of the purchase price of the goods or services it sells will be
donated to a charitable organization or be used for a charitable
purpose must
(a) donate all or a portion of the purchase price, as the case
may be, to the charitable organization, or
(b) use all or a portion of the purchase price, as the case may
be, for the charitable purpose.
1995 cC-4.5 s32
Information
36(1) Subject to subsection (2), a donor fund-raiser must provide
on the request of any person the information required by the
regulations relating to its donations to the charitable organization or
the money it used for a charitable purpose.
(2) A donor fund-raiser may establish a reasonable fee for
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the information, and postage if the information is to be mailed, and
the donor fund-raiser may refuse to provide the information unless
the fee is paid.
1995 cC-4.5 s33
Representations
37 No donor fund-raiser may
(a) make a representation that an individual or corporation
sponsors, endorses or approves of a charitable
organization or a charitable purpose unless the individual
or corporation has given prior written consent allowing
the use of the individual’s or corporation’s name for those
purposes;
(b) make a representation that all or a portion of the purchase
price of the goods or services it sells will be donated to a
charitable organization or use any emblem or printed
matter belonging to or associated with a charitable
organization or substantively similar to such emblem or
printed matter unless the charitable organization has given
its prior written consent.
1995 cC-4.5 s34
Part 4
Enforcement
Inspections and Investigations
Inspectors
38 The Minister may appoint one or more inspectors for the
purposes of this Act and the regulations.
1995 cC-4.5 s35
Inspection
39(1) An inspector may enter and inspect the premises of a
charitable organization or a fund-raising business to ensure
compliance with this Act and the regulations.
(2) An inspection under subsection (1) may be conducted only if
(a) the charitable organization or fund-raising business is
given reasonable notice of the inspection, and
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(3) When acting under the authority of this section, an inspector
must carry identification and present it on request to the owner or
occupant of the premises referred to in subsection (1).
(4) An inspector who makes an inspection under subsection (1)
may inspect, examine and make copies of or temporarily remove
(a) books, records or documents required to be kept under
this Act, and
(b) books, records or documents relating to the collection,
expenditure and distribution of contributions, including
the records pertaining to accounts referred to in section
11.
(5) When an inspector removes any books, records or documents
under subsection (4), the inspector
(a) must give to the person from whom they were taken a
receipt for them,
(b) may make copies of, take photographs of or otherwise
record them, and
(c) must, within a reasonable time, return them to the person
to whom the receipt was given.
1995 cC-4.5 s36;1997 c19 s1(25)
Inspection of s7 records
40(1) A charitable organization or fund-raising business that is
required to maintain records under section 7 must make the records
available for inspection by an inspector at a place in Alberta and at
a time specified by the inspector.
(2) An inspector has the powers and duties described in section
39(4) and (5) when inspecting records under subsection (1).
1997 c19 s1(19)
Order allowing inspection
41(1) If a person
(a) refuses to allow an inspector to enter the premises of a
charitable organization or a fund-raising business,
(b) refuses to produce anything requested by the inspector to
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(c) refuses to make records referred to in section 7 available
for inspection in Alberta as specified by an inspector
under section 40,
the inspector may apply to the Court of Queen’s Bench for an order
under subsection (2).
(2) The Court may make an order
(a) restraining a person from preventing entry by the
inspector or from interfering with the inspector’s
inspection, and
(b) requiring the production of anything to assist in the
inspection or requiring that records referred to in section 7
be made available to an inspector for inspection in
Alberta.
(3) The order may be granted without notice if the Court is
satisfied that giving notice would result in the loss or destruction of
evidence.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s41;2009 c53 s33
Initiating investigation
42 The Minister may on receipt of a complaint, or when the
Minister considers it necessary without a complaint, direct an
inspector to investigate
(a) any matter concerning the administration of this Act or the
regulations, or
(b) the circumstances surrounding any solicitation or other
matter or thing done by a charitable organization,
fund-raising business or donor fund-raiser.
1995 cC-4.5 s38;1997 c19 s1(25)
Order to assist investigation
43(1) When a person is being investigated, an inspector may apply
to the Court of Queen’s Bench for an order
(a) compelling the person or the person’s agent to allow the
inspector to enter the person’s or agent’s premises for the
purposes of the investigation and requiring the person or
agent to produce for the inspector’s examination the
person’s or agent’s books, records or documents relevant
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them or remove them on such terms as the Court
considers appropriate;
(b) authorizing the inspector to inquire into and examine the
affairs of the person or person’s agent that are relevant to
the investigation and directing the person or person’s
agent to co-operate with the investigation on such terms as
the Court considers appropriate.
(2) The Court may grant an order under subsection (1) if satisfied
on evidence under oath by an inspector that there are reasonable
grounds to believe
(a) that the person being investigated or the person’s agent
has not co-operated or likely will not co-operate with the
investigation, and
(b) that the order is appropriate in the circumstances.
(3) The order may be granted without notice if the Court is
satisfied that giving notice could result in the loss or destruction of
evidence.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s43;2009 c53 s33
Ministerial Powers
Ministerial powers
44(1) In the circumstances referred to in subsection (2), the
Minister may do any or all of the following:
(a) apply to the Court of Queen’s Bench for the appointment
of a receiver, receiver-manager or trustee to hold or
manage all or part of the funds, securities and property of
a charitable organization or fund-raising business,
(b) direct any person having on deposit or under the person’s
control or for safekeeping any funds or securities of a
charitable organization or fund-raising business to hold
those funds or securities,
(c) direct a charitable organization or fund-raising business or
other person to refrain from withdrawing funds or
securities referred to in clause (b) from any person who
has them on deposit, under control or for safekeeping, or
(d) direct a person to hold in trust any contributions or funds
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liquidator or other official appointed under an Act of
Alberta or Canada.
(2) The Minister may exercise the powers in subsection (1) in the
following circumstances:
(a) where the Minister is about to authorize an investigation
of or during or after the investigation of a person under
this Act;
(b) where the Minister is about to cancel or suspend or has
cancelled or suspended a registration or a licence;
(c) where
(i) criminal proceedings that, in the opinion of the
Minister, are connected with or arise out of matters
under this Act, or
(ii) proceedings in respect of a contravention of this Act,
are about to be or have been initiated against any person;
(d) where the Minister has reason to believe that the trust
funds held by a fund-raising business or the funds held by
a charitable organization in its accounts are less than the
amount for which the fund-raising business or charitable
organization, as the case may be, is accountable.
(3) A direction of the Minister under subsection (1) must be in
writing and be served on the person to whom it is directed.
(4) The Minister may amend or cancel a direction given under
subsection (1) and the requirements of subsection (3) apply to the
amendment or cancellation.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s44;2009 c53 s33
Injunction
45(1) Where, on the application of the Minister, it appears to the
Court of Queen’s Bench that a person has done, is doing or is about
to do any thing that constitutes or is directed toward a
contravention of this Act or that involves the misappropriation of
contributions, the Court may issue an injunction ordering any
person named in the application
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(b) to do any thing that in the opinion of the Court may
prevent the contravention of this Act or the
misappropriation of contributions.
(2) A copy of the application and supporting material must be
given to the party or parties named in the application at least 48
hours prior to the time set for the hearing unless the Court is of the
opinion that the urgency of the situation is such that giving notice
would not be in the public interest.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s45;2009 c53 s33
Suspension, Cancellation and Terms and Conditions
Grounds
46(1) In this section, “conviction” means a conviction for an
offence under any criminal or other law in force in Alberta or
elsewhere that, in the Minister’s opinion, indicates that the person
convicted is unsuitable to deal with contributions or to make
solicitations.
(2) The Minister may suspend or cancel the registration of a
charitable organization or the licence of a fund-raising business or
impose terms and conditions on the registration or licence if the
charitable organization or fund-raising business or any of its
principals, directors or managers
(a) has, in the Minister’s opinion, contravened this Act,
(b) is convicted of an offence referred to in subsection (1) or
is serving a sentence imposed under a conviction,
(c) fails to pay a fine imposed under a conviction or fails to
comply with an order made in relation to a conviction,
(c.1) is named in a certificate signed under the Charities
Registration (Security Information) Act (Canada), or
(d) is subject to an order made under the Fair Trading Act or
a predecessor or successor of the Fair Trading Act, the
making of which, in the Minister’s opinion, indicates that
the person who is subject to the order is unsuitable to deal
with contributions or to make solicitations.
(3) The Minister may suspend or cancel the registration of a
charitable organization or the licence of a fund-raising business or
impose terms and conditions on the registration or licence if, in the
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(a) any of the charitable organization’s employees referred to
in section 32(1) have contravened section 32(1), or
(b) any of the employees of the fund-raising business have
contravened section 32(3).
(4) Before a registration or licence is suspended or cancelled or
terms and conditions are imposed, the charitable organization or
fund-raising business, as the case may be, must be given
(a) at least 15 days’ written notice of the proposed suspension
or cancellation or the proposed terms and conditions, and
(b) an opportunity to make representations to the Minister’s
designate.
(5) The Minister may suspend the registration of a charitable
organization or the licence of a fund-raising business without
notice or an opportunity to make representations if the charitable
organization or fund-raising business is being investigated under
this Act and the Minister is of the opinion that the charitable
organization or fund-raising business has misappropriated or will
misappropriate funds that were collected for a charitable
organization or a charitable purpose.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s46;2002 c32 s3
Part 5
General
General prohibitions
47(1) No person may
(a) use the fact that a charitable organization is registered or
that a fund-raising business is licensed to lead any other
person to believe that the registration or licence
constitutes an endorsement or approval by the
Government of Alberta, except to indicate that the
charitable organization or fund-raising business is
registered or licensed under this Act,
(b) make a representation in a solicitation that an individual
or corporation sponsors, endorses or approves of a
charitable organization or a charitable purpose unless the
individual or corporation has given prior written consent
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(c) make a representation that the person is soliciting
contributions for a charitable organization or use any
emblem or printed matter belonging to or associated with
a charitable organization or substantively similar to such
emblem or printed matter unless the charitable
organization has given its prior written consent,
(d) make a representation that contributions will be used for
one or more charitable purposes when the contributions
are not being provided directly to a charitable
organization or are not being used for those charitable
purposes, or
(e) make a false statement of fact or misrepresent any fact or
circumstance in a solicitation.
(2) No charitable organization or fund-raising business and no
principal, director, manager or employee of a charitable
organization or fund-raising business may give information that is
false or misleading to a person who is going to use that information
in a solicitation.
1995 cC-4.5 s43;1997 c19 s1(25)
False statements
48 No person may make a false statement of fact or misrepresent
any fact or circumstance in any application or document submitted
to the Minister under this Act.
1995 cC-4.5 s44
Complying with terms and conditions
49(1) A charitable organization must comply with the terms and
conditions imposed on its registration even if the registration has
been suspended or cancelled.
(2) A fund-raising business must comply with the terms and
conditions imposed on its licence even if the licence has been
suspended or cancelled.
1995 cC-4.5 s45;1997 c19 s1(25)
Refraining from making solicitations
50 If a person requests a charitable organization or a fund-raising
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(b) to remove that person’s name from a list of persons who
may provide a contribution,
the charitable organization or fund-raising business must use its
best efforts to comply with that request.
1995 cC-4.5 s46;1997 c19 s1(25)
Disclosure by Minister
51 The Minister may disclose any information obtained under this
Act for the purpose of assisting the public to determine if
contributions should be made to a particular person, charitable
organization, fund-raising business or donor fund-raiser.
1995 cC-4.5 s47;1997 c19 s1(25)
Appealing decision of Minister
52(1) A person who is affected by a decision of the Minister under
this Act may appeal the decision on a question of law or
jurisdiction to the Court of Queen’s Bench.
(2) An appeal under this section must be commenced within 30
days after receiving notice of the decision by filing an application
that sets out the grounds for the appeal.
(3) The Court of Queen’s Bench may confirm or reject the
Minister’s decision or make any other order it considers
appropriate.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s52;2009 c53 s33
Order compelling proper use of contributions
53(1) A person who has made a contribution to a charitable
organization may apply to the Court of Queen’s Bench for an order
described in subsection (2).
(2) If the Court is satisfied that a charitable organization is not
using the contributions it receives as a result of a solicitation for the
charitable purpose stated or implied in the solicitation, the Court
may
(a) require a charitable organization or any of its principals,
directors or managers to return a contribution to the donor
or to pay to the donor a sum equivalent to the
contribution,
(b) require a charitable organization and its principals,
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(c) make a declaration respecting the use or misuse of
contributions by a charitable organization, or
(d) make any other order that the Court considers to be
appropriate.
(3) Before making an order under subsection (2), the Court may
require the charitable organization or any of its principals, directors
or managers to provide to the Court the documents or information
that the Court specifies.
(4) If the Court dismisses an application made under subsection (1)
and considers the application to have been frivolous or vexatious,
the Court may require the applicant to pay costs as specified by the
Court.
(5) Nothing in this Act affects any statutory or common law right
or right in equity that a person may have in respect of a charitable
organization, fund-raising business or donor fund-raiser.
RSA 2000 cC-9 s53;2009 c53 s33
Restriction on municipal powers
54 Despite the Municipal Government Act, a council of a
municipality may not pass bylaws regulating or prohibiting
solicitations made by charitable organizations or fund-raising
businesses.
1995 cC-4.5 s50;1997 c19 s1(26)
Offence
55(1) A person who contravenes the following provisions of this
Act or fails to comply with a direction of the Minister under section
44 is guilty of an offence:
(a) in Part 1, sections 5 to 11;
(b) in Part 2, sections 12, 13, 18, 21, 26, 27, 28(2), 29;
(c) in Part 3, sections 35 to 37;
(d) in Part 4, section 40(1);
(e) in Part 5, sections 47 to 50.
(2) A person who is guilty of an offence is liable to a fine of not
less than $1000 and not more than
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(b) 3 times the amount that the defendant acquired as a result
of the offence,
whichever is greater, or to imprisonment for not more than 2 years,
or both, for each day that the offence continues.
(3) When a corporation has contravened the provisions of this Act
referred to in subsection (1) or fails to comply with a direction of
the Minister under section 44, every principal, director, manager,
employee or agent of the corporation who authorized the
contravention or failure or assented to it or acquiesced or
participated in it is guilty of an offence and is liable to the penalty
provided for in subsection (2) whether or not the corporation has
been prosecuted or convicted.
(4) A partnership is not liable as such under subsection (1), but
where a partner in a partnership that is a charitable organization or
fund-raising business is convicted of an offence, each partner in
that partnership who authorized the commission of the offence or
assented to it or acquiesced or participated in it is guilty of an
offence and is liable to the penalty provided for in subsection (2).
(5) In any prosecution under this Act relating to solicitations there
is a presumption, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that
the Act applies to the solicitation.
(6) A prosecution under this Act may be commenced within 2
years from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been
committed.
1995 cC-4.5 s51;1997 c19 s1(23)
Compensation for loss
56(1) A justice who convicts a defendant of an offence may, on
the application of a person aggrieved, at the time sentence is
imposed, order the defendant to pay to the applicant an amount as
compensation for loss suffered by the applicant as a result of the
commission of the offence.
(2) If an amount that is ordered to be paid under subsection (1) is
not paid within the time ordered by the justice, the applicant may,
by filing the order, enter as a judgment in the Court of Queen’s
Bench the amount ordered to be paid, and that judgment is
enforceable against the defendant in the same manner as if it were a
judgment rendered against the defendant in the Court of Queen’s
Bench in civil proceedings.
1995 cC-4.5 s52

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57 The Minister may make regulations
(a) respecting the calculation of gross contributions;
(b) respecting, for the purposes of section 6, the information
to be provided and the manner and form in which the
information is to be provided when a solicitation is made;
(c) respecting the records and documents to be maintained by
charitable organizations and fund-raising businesses under
section 7 and the period for which they must be
maintained;
(d) respecting, for the purposes of section 8, the situations in
which a charitable organization is required to prepare
either audited financial statements or a financial
information return and the requirements to be met when
preparing audited financial statements and a financial
information return;
(e) respecting the calculation of the portion of gross
contributions used directly for charitable purposes under
section 9(1)(b) and defining any term used in that section;
(f) respecting the trust established under section 11;
(g) respecting the form of and information required for the
purposes of an application for registration, a licence and
renewals;
(h) establishing the fees for registration, a licence and
renewals;
(i) respecting the time periods after which registration or a
licence expires;
(j) respecting the form and terms and conditions of securities
required under section 22;
(k) respecting the terms and conditions under which a
security is forfeited and the procedures to be followed for
claiming on a security that has been forfeited;
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(m) respecting the information to be provided by donor
fund-raisers under section 36 and the form in which it is to
be provided.
1995 cC-4.5 s53;1997 c19 s1(26)
Protection from liability
57.1 No action for damages may be commenced against the
Minister, an inspector or any person under the administration of the
Minister for anything done or not done by that person in good faith
while carrying out duties or exercising powers under this Act.
2002 c32 s3
Part 6
Transitional
Transitional
58 An agreement between a charitable organization and a
fund-raising business authorizing the fund-raising business to make
solicitations on behalf of the charitable organization or to manage
or be responsible for solicitations made by or on behalf of the
charitable organization that is in force on May 1, 1995 is deemed to
meet the requirements of section 30.
1995 cC-4.5 s54;1997 c19 s1(24)
Bonds
59(1) Despite the repeal of the Charitable Promotion Business
Licensing Regulation (AR 7/90), a bond delivered in respect of a
charitable promotion business licence continues to be subject to the
forfeiture provisions in that Regulation.
(2) A bond delivered in respect of a charitable promotion business
licence that is continued under this Act is deemed to be a bond
submitted under this Act and is also subject to the forfeiture
provisions established under this Act.
1995 cC-4.5 s55