§ 185-3. Prohibited activities.

No charitable organization subject to the provisions of this article, and no agent, employee, or officer or member or individual of any such organization, shall engage in any of the following prohibited acts:

A. 

Willful use of any solicited funds or soliciting or retaining funds to support or execute any conduct that is criminal or illegal under the laws of the Township, the county, the state, or the United States.

B. 

Willful failure to file any statement required by this article or knowingly making false statements or providing false information in those statements.

C. 

Use of any scheme or artifice to defraud or obtain money or property by means of any false statement or representation.

D. 

Willfully concealing the identity of an organization on whose behalf solicitations are being made.

E. 

Knowingly misrepresenting that the proceeds of any solicitation of funds, under current law, would entitle the donor to a federal or state income tax deduction.

F. 

Promising any person that the proceeds of a solicitation of funds will be refunded upon request, and thereafter willfully failing within 60 days to make a refund that has been requested in writing.

G. 

Promising any person that refunds of the proceeds of any solicitation of funds will be made upon request without providing such person, at the time such representation is made, with a written statement of the terms and conditions upon which refunds are made; provided, however, that any statement made in good faith at the time is not prohibited by this section.

H. 

Soliciting funds at private residences between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.

I. 

Solicitation of funds by any person on behalf of a charitable organization which has failed to obtain a certificate of registration pursuant to this article.

J. 

Soliciting or attempting to solicit after the expiration of any certificate of registration issued by the Township under this article.

K. 

Soliciting or attempting to solicit at any premises (including a residence) which has posted upon or near the main entrance to the premises a sign or card that reads "No Solicitors Allowed," or similar language to the same effect.

L. 

Failure to file any closing statement that this article requires.

M. 

Failure to carry or display the required identification card.