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532d.  (a) Any person who solicits or attempts to solicit or
receives money or property of any kind for a charitable, religious or
eleemosynary purpose and who, directly or indirectly, makes, utters,
or delivers, either orally or in writing, an unqualified statement
of fact concerning the purpose or organization for which the money or
property is solicited or received, or concerning the cost and
expense of solicitation or the manner in which the money or property
or any part thereof is to be used, which statement is in fact false
and was made, uttered, or delivered by that person either willfully
and with knowledge of its falsity or negligently without due
consideration of those facts which by the use of ordinary care he or
she should have known, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable
by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, by a
fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that
imprisonment and fine.
   (b) An offense charged in violation of this section shall be
proven by the testimony of one witness and corroborating
circumstances.
   (c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit
the right of any city, county, or city and county to adopt
regulations for charitable solicitations which are not in conflict
with this section.

Last modified: February 22, 2013