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(1)Section 63 of the Offences under section 63 of the Charities Act 1992: creation of statutory defence. Charities Act 1992 (which makes it an offence to solicit property for an institution while falsely representing that it is a registered charity) shall be amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
“(1A)In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that he believed on reasonable grounds that the institution was a registered charity.”
(3)In subsection (2) (meaning of “registered charity”) for the words “subsection (1)” there shall be substituted “this section”.
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