The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 — Bare Act, All Sections & Free PDF
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Overview
An Act to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Sections (Showing 1 to 10 of 54)
Section 1 to Section 10 (10 Sections)
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. (2) It extends to the whole of India, and it shall also apply to— (a) citizens of India outside India; a...
Definitions.
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "association" means an association of individuals, whether incorporated or not, having an office in India and includes...
Prohibition to accept foreign contribution.
(1) No foreign contribution shall be accepted by any-- (a) candidate for election; (b) correspondent, columnist, cartoonist, editor, owner, printer or publisher of a registered new...
Persons to whom section 3 shall not apply.
Nothing contained in section 3 shall apply to the acceptance, by any person specified in that section, of any foreign contribution where such contribution is accepted by him, subje...
Procedure to notify an organisation of a political nature.
(1) The Central Government may, having regard to the activities of the organisation or the ideology propagated by the organisation or the programme of the organisation or the assoc...
Restriction on acceptance of foreign hospitality.
No member of a Legislature or office-bearer of a political party or Judge or Government servant or employee of any corporation or any other body owned or controlled by the Governme...
Prohibition to transfer foreign contribution to other person.
1 [7. Prohibition to transfer foreign contribution to other person.-- No person who-- (a) is registered and granted a certificate or has obtained prior permission under this Act; a...
Restriction to utilise foreign contribution for administrative purpose.
(1) Every person, who is registered and granted a certificate or given prior permission under this Act and receives any foreign contribution,-- (a) shall utilise such contribution ...
Power of Central Government to prohibit receipt of foreign contribution, etc., in certain cases.
The Central Government may— (a) prohibit any person or organisation not specified in section 3, from accepting any foreign contribution; (b) require any person or class of persons,...
Power to prohibit payment of currency received in contravention of the Act.
Where the Central Government is satisfied, after making such inquiry as it may deem fit, that any person has in his custody or control any article or currency or security, whether ...
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