FCRA
Act No. 42 of 2010
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (42 of 2010), as amended by the Finance Act, 2016 and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020.
13 recorded amendments See what changed and when
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Sections
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Chapters
42 of 2010
Act No.
1 May 2011
In force from
54
sections
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Preamble
An Act to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contributionDefined in section 2(h): foreign contribution means the donation, delivery or transfer made by any foreign source,— (i) of any article, not being an article given to a person as a gift for his personal use, if the market value, in India, of such article, on the date of such gift, is not more than such sum as may be specified from time to ... or foreign hospitalityDefined in section 2(i): foreign hospitality means any offer, not being a purely casual one, made in cash or kind by a foreign source for providing a person with the costs of travel to any foreign country or territory or with free boarding, lodging, transport or medical treatment by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contributionDefined in section 2(h): foreign contribution means the donation, delivery or transfer made by any foreign source,— (i) of any article, not being an article given to a person as a gift for his personal use, if the market value, in India, of such article, on the date of such gift, is not more than such sum as may be specified from time to ... or foreign hospitalityDefined in section 2(i): foreign hospitality means any offer, not being a purely casual one, made in cash or kind by a foreign source for providing a person with the costs of travel to any foreign country or territory or with free boarding, lodging, transport or medical treatment for any activities detrimental to the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Chapter I
2 sections
Preliminary
S. 2 Definitions
Chapter II
8 sections
Regulation of Foreign Contribution and Foreign Hospitality
S. 3 Prohibition to accept foreign contribution
S. 4 Persons to whom section 3 shall not apply
S. 5 Procedure to notify an organisation of a political nature
S. 6 Restriction on acceptance of foreign hospitality
S. 7 Prohibition to transfer foreign contribution to other person
S. 8 Restriction to utilise foreign contribution for administrative purpose
S. 9 Power of Central Government to prohibit receipt of foreign contribution, etc., in certain cases
S. 10 Power to prohibit payment of currency received in contravention of the Act
Chapter III
8 sections
Registration
S. 11 Registration of certain persons with Central Government
S. 12 Grant of certificate of registration
S. 12A Power of Central Government to require Aadhaar number, etc., as identification document
S. 13 Suspension of certificate
S. 14 Cancellation of certificate
S. 14A Surrender of certificate
S. 15 Management of foreign contribution of person whose certificate has been cancelled or surrendered
S. 16 Renewal of certificate
Chapter IV
6 sections
Accounts, Intimation, Audit and Disposal of Assets, etc.
S. 17 Foreign contribution through scheduled bank
S. 18 Intimation
S. 19 Maintenance of accounts
S. 20 Audit of accounts
S. 21 Intimation by candidate for election
S. 22 Disposal of assets created out of foreign contribution
Chapter V
5 sections
Inspection, Search and Seizure
S. 23 Inspection of accounts or records
S. 24 Seizure of accounts or records
S. 25 Seizure of article or currency or security received in contravention of the Act
S. 26 Disposal of seized article or currency or security
S. 27 Seizure to be made in accordance with Act 2 of 1974
Chapter VI
3 sections
Adjudication
S. 28 Confiscation of article or currency or security obtained in contravention of the Act
S. 29 Adjudication of confiscation
S. 30 Procedure for confiscation
Chapter VII
2 sections
Appeal and Revision
S. 31 Appeal
S. 32 Revision of orders by Central Government
Chapter VIII
9 sections
Offences and Penalties
S. 33 Making of false statement, declaration or delivering false accounts
S. 34 Penalty for article or currency or security obtained in contravention of section 10
S. 35 Punishment for contravention of any provision of the Act
S. 36 Power to impose additional fine where article or currency or security is not available for confiscation
S. 37 Penalty for offences where no separate punishment has been provided
S. 38 Prohibition of acceptance of foreign contribution
S. 39 Offences by companies
S. 40 Bar on prosecution of offences under the Act
S. 41 Composition of certain offences
Chapter IX
13 sections
Miscellaneous
S. 42 Power to call for information or document
S. 43 Investigation into cases under the Act
S. 44 Returns by prescribed authority to Central Government
S. 45 Protection of action taken in good faith
S. 46 Power of Central Government to give directions
S. 47 Delegation of powers
S. 48 Power to make rules
Rules under this section
FCRA Rules
S. 49 Orders and rules to be laid before Parliament
S. 50 Power to exempt in certain cases
S. 51 Act not to apply to certain Government transactions
S. 52 Application of other laws not barred
S. 53 Power to remove difficulties
S. 54 Repeal and saving
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