sec.39Converting moneys etc.

sec.39 Converting moneys etc.

Any person making or causing to be made or assisting to make or taking part in any appeal for support for any purpose to which part 3 applies, or in the management, supervision, administration or control of any property or income of a charity or association whose objects are a community purpose, who converts unlawfully to the person’s own use or fails to account properly for any money or articles obtained in the course of such appeal for support or for any such property or income shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.