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PUBLIC LAW 85-87-JULY 10, 1957

SEC. 8. No person shall make or cause to be made any representation that the issuance of a certificate of registration or of a solicitor information card is a finding by the Commissioners (1) that the statements contained in the registrant's application are true and accurate, (2) that the application does not omit a material fact, or (3) that the Commissioners have in any way passed upon the merits or given approval to such solicitation. SEC. 9. No person shall for pecuniary compensation or consideration conduct or make any solicitation by telephone for or on behalf of any actual or purported charitable use, purpose, association, corporation, or institution. SEC. 10. The Commissioners may appoint an advisory committee to advise the Commissioners in respect to any matter related to the enforcement of this Act, and the members thereof shall serve without compensation. Such committee shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members, whose terms shall be fixed by the Commissioners. The Commissioners are authorized to assign an employee of the District of Columbia to serve as secretary for the committee. SEC. 11. The Commissioners are authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That no such regulation shall be put in effect until after a public hearing has been held thereon. SEC. 12. (a) No person who is required to obtain a certificate of registration under this Act shall, for the purpose of soliciting contributions, use the name of any other person, except that of an officer, director, or trustee of the organization for which contributions are solicited, without the written consent of such other person. (b) A person shall be deemed to have used the name of another person for the purpose of soliciting contributions if such latter person's name is listed on any stationery, advertisement, brochure, or correspondence in or by which a contribution is solicited by or on behalf of a charitable organization or his name is listed or referred to in connection with a request for a contribution as one who has contributed to, sponsored, or endorsed the charitable organization or its activities. (c) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the publication of names of contributors without their written consents, in an annual or other periodic report issued by a charitable organization for the purpose of reporting on its operations and affairs to its membership or for the purpose of reporting contributions to contributors. SEC. 13. (a) Any person violating any provision of this Act, or regulation made pursuant thereto, or filing, or causing to be filed, an application or report pursuant to this Act, or regulation made pursuant thereto, containing any false or fraudulent statement, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment of not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Prosecutions for violations of this Act, or the regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be conducted in the name of the District of Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. (c) The Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia or any of his assistants is hereby empowered to maintain an action or actions in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the name of the District of Columbia to enjoin any person from soliciting in violation of this Act or in violation of any regulation made pursuant to this Act. SEC. 14. Where any provision of this Act refers to an office or agency abolished by Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952 (66 Stat. 824), such reference shall be deemed to be the office, agency, or officer now or hereafter exercising the functions of the office or agency so

T e l e p h o n e solicitation.

Ad V i s ory committee.

Regulations. Hearing. Use of names.

Penalties.

D. C. Code title I app.

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