FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT, 1976

PRELIMINARY

v SHORT TITLE, EXTENT, APPLICATION AND COMMENCEMENT.

v DEFINITIONS.

v APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS NOT BARRED.

v CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION, ETC., NOT TO ACCEPT FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION.

REGULATION OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION AND FOREIGN HOSPITALITY

v ORGANISATION OF A POLITICAL NATURE NOT TO ACCEPT FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

v CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS AND PERSONS RECEIVING FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION TO GIVE INTIMATION TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

v RECIPIENTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS, ETC., TO GIVE INTIMATION TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

v PERSONS TO WHOM SECTION 4 SHALL NOT APPLY.

v RESTRICTIONS ON ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN HOSPITALITY.

v POWERS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO PROHIBIT RECEIPT OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION, ETC., IN CERTAIN CASES.

v APPLICATION TO BE MADE IN PRESCRIBED FORM FOR OBTAINING PRIOR PERMISSION TO ACCEPT FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION OR HOSPITALITY.

MISCELLANEOUS

v POWER TO PROHIBIT PAYMENT OF CURRENCY RECEIVED IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE ACT.

v RECIPIENTS OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTS, ETC.

v INSPECTION OF ACCOUNT OR RECORDS.

v SEIZURE OF ACCOUNTS OR RECORDS.

v 8[AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.

v SEIZURE OF ARTICLE OR CURRENCY RECEIVED IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE ACT.

v SEIZURE TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973.

v CONFISCATION OF ARTICLE OR CURRENCY OBTAINED IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE ACT.

v ADJUDICATION OF CONFISCATION.

v OPPORTUNITY TO BE GIVEN BEFORE ADJUDICATION OF CONFISCATION.

v APPEAL.

v PENALTY FOR ARTICLE OR CURRENCY OBTAINED IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION 12.

v PUNISHMENT FOR THE CONTRAVENTION OF ANY PROVISION OF THE ACT.

v POWER TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL FINE WHERE ARTICLE OR CURRENCY IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR CONFISCATION.

v PENALTY FOR OFFENCES WHERE NO SEPARATE PUNISHMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

v 9[PROHIBITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION.

v OFFENCES BY COMPANIES.

v BAR TO THE PROSECUTION OF OFFENCES UNDER THE ACT.

v INVESTIGATION INTO CASES UNDER THE ACT.

v PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH.

v POWER TO MAKE RULES.

v POWER TO EXEMPT.

v ACT NOT TO APPLY TO GOVERNMENT TRANSACTIONS.