The FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT, 2010

PRELIMINARY

Section 1 — 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; and

(b) associate branches or subsidiaries, outside India, of companies or bodies corporate, registered or incorporated in India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:

Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

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  1. 1.Short title, extent, application and commencement.
  2. 2.Definitions.
  3. 3.Prohibition to accept foreign contribution.
  4. 4.Persons to whom section 3 shall not apply.
  5. 5.Procedure to notify an organisation of a political nature.
  6. 6.Restriction on acceptance of foreign hospitality.
  7. 7.Prohibition to transfer foreign contribution to other person.
  8. 8.Restriction to utilise foreign contribution for administrative purpose.
  9. 9.Power of Central Government to prohibit receipt of foreign contribution, etc., in certain cases.
  10. 10.Power to prohibit payment of currency received in contravention of the Act.
  11. 11.Registration of certain persons with Central Government.
  12. 12.Grant of certificate of registration.
  13. 13.Suspension of certificate.
  14. 14.Cancellation of certificate.
  15. 15.Management of foreign contribution of person whose certificate has been cancelled.
  16. 16.Renewal of certificate.
  17. 17.Foreign contribution through scheduled bank.
  18. 18.Intimation.
  19. 19.Maintenance of accounts.
  20. 20.Audit of accounts.
  21. 21.Intimation by candidate for election.
  22. 22.Disposal of assets created out of foreign contribution.
  23. 23.Inspection of accounts or records.
  24. 24.Seizure of accounts or records.
  25. 25.Seizure of article or currency or security received in contravention of the Act.
  26. 26.Disposal of seized article or currency or security.
  27. 27.Seizure to be made in accordance with Act 2 of 1974.
  28. 28.Confiscation of article or currency or security obtained in contravention of the Act.
  29. 29.Adjudication of confiscation.
  30. 30.Procedure for confiscation.
  31. 31.Appeal.
  32. 32.Revision of orders by Central Government.
  33. 33.Making of false statement, declaration or delivering false accounts.
  34. 34.Penalty for article or currency or security obtained in contravention of section 10.
  35. 35.Punishment for contravention of any provision of the Act.
  36. 36.Power to impose additional fine where article or currency or security is not available for confiscation.
  37. 37.Penalty for offences where no separate punishment has been provided.
  38. 38.Prohibition of acceptance of foreign contribution.
  39. 39.Offences by companies.
  40. 40.Bar on prosecution of offences under the Act.
  41. 41.Composition of certain offences.
  42. 42.Power to call for information or document.
  43. 43.Investigation into cases under the Act.
  44. 44.Returns by prescribed authority to Central Government.
  45. 45.Protection of action taken in good faith.
  46. 46.Power of Central Government to give directions.
  47. 47.Delegation of powers.
  48. 48.Power to make rules.
  49. 49.Orders and rules to be laid before Parliament.
  50. 50.Power to exempt in certain cases.
  51. 51.Act not to apply to certain Government transactions.
  52. 52.Application of other laws not barred.
  53. 53.Power to remove difficulties.
  54. 54.Repeal and saving.