Section 400.290 - Grounds for injunction, suspension of license, or revocation of license; operating under guise or pretense. - Michigan Statutes

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOLICITATIONS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 169 of 1975

400.290 Grounds for injunction, suspension of license, or revocation of license; operating under guise or pretense.

Sec. 20.

(1) The attorney general may institute an action in any circuit court to enjoin preliminarily or permanently a charitable organization, professional fund raiser, solicitor, or other person who:

(a) Engages in a method, act, or practice in violation of this act or any of the rules promulgated hereunder.

(b) Employs or uses in a solicitation or collection of contributions for a charitable organization on behalf of any other person for a charitable purpose a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of any false pretense, deception, representation, or promise.

(2) In addition to any relief afforded under this section, the attorney general may exercise the authority to suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to this act.

(3) The attorney general may exercise the authority granted in this section against a charitable organization or person which or who operates under the guise or pretense of being an organization or person exempted by this act and is not in fact an organization or person entitled to such an exemption.

History: 1975, Act 169, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1975