SECTIONS\
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Foreign
Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
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Preamble |
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CHAPTER
I : PRELIMINARY |
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Short
title, extent, application and commencement |
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Definitions |
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CHAPTER
II : REGULATION OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION AND FOREIGN HOSPITALITY |
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Prohibition
to accept foreign contribution |
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Persons
to whom section 3 shall not apply |
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Procedure
to notify an organisation of a political nature |
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Restriction
on acceptance of foreign hospitality |
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Prohibition
to transfer foreign contribution to other person |
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Restriction
to utilise foreign contribution for administrative purpose |
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Power
of Central Government to prohibit receipt of foreign contribution,
etc., in certain cases |
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Power
to prohibit payment of currency received in contravention
of the Act |
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CHAPTER III : REGISTRATION |
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Registration
of certain persons with Central Government |
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Grant
of certificate of registration |
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Suspension
of certificate |
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Cancellation
of certificate |
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Management
of foreign contribution of person whose certificate has
been cancelled |
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Renewal
of certificate |
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CHAPTER IV : ACCOUNTS,
INTIMATION, AUDIT AND DISPOSAL OF ASSETS, ETC. |
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Foreign
contribution through scheduled bank |
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Intimation |
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Maintenance
of accounts |
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Audit
of accounts |
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Intimation
by candidate for election |
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Disposal
of assets created out of foreign contribution |
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CHAPTER V : INSPECTION,
SEARCH AND SEIZURE |
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Inspection
of accounts or records |
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Seizure
of accounts or records |
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Seizure
of article or currency or security received in contravention
of the Act |
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Disposal
of seized article or currency or security |
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Seizure
to be made in accordance with Act 2 of 1974 |
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CHAPTER
VI : ADJUDICATION |
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Confiscation
of article or currency or security obtained in contravention
of the Act |
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Adjudication
of confiscation |
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Procedure
for confiscation |
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CHAPTER
VII : APPEAL AND REVISION |
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Appeal |
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Revision
of orders by Central Government |
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CHAPTER
VIII : OFFENCES AND PENALTIES |
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Making
of false statement, declaration or delivering false accounts |
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Penalty
for article or currency or security obtained in contravention
of section 10 |
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Punishment
for contravention of any provision of the Act |
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Power
to impose additional fine where article or currency or
security is not available for confiscation |
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Penalty
for offences where no separate punishment has been provided |
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Prohibition
of acceptance of foreign contribution |
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Offences
by companies |
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Bar
on prosecution of offences under the Act |
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Composition
of certain offences |
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CHAPTER
IX : MISCELLANEOUS |
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Power
to call for information or document |
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Investigation
into cases under the Act |
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Returns
by prescribed authority to Central Government |
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Protection
of action taken in good faith |
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Power
of Central Government to give directions |
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Delegation
of powers |
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Power
to make rules |
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Orders
and rules to be laid before Parliament |
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Power
to exempt in certain cases |
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Act
not to apply to certain Government transactions |
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Application
of other laws not barred |
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Power
to remove difficulties |
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Repeal
and saving |
