Section 6 Restriction on acceptance of foreign hospitality
No member of a LegislatureDefined in section 2(k): Legislature means— (A) either House of Parliament; (B) the Legislative Assembly of a State, or in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, either House of the Legislature of that State; (C) Legislative Assembly of a Union territory constituted under the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 196... or office-bearer of a political partyDefined in section 2(n): political party means— (i) an association or body of individual citizens of India— (A) to be registered with the Election Commission of India as a political party under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951); or (B) which has set up candidates for election to any Legislature, but ... or Judge or Government servant or employee of any corporation or any other body owned or controlled by the Government shall, while visiting any country or territory outside India, accept, except with the prior permission of the Central Government, any 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:
Provided that it shall not be necessary to obtain any such permission for an emergent medical aid needed on account of sudden illness contracted during a visit outside India, but, where such 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 has been received, the personDefined in section 2(m): person includes— (i) an individual; (ii) a Hindu undivided family; (iii) an association; (iv) a company registered under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) receiving such hospitality shall give, within one month from the date of receipt of such hospitality an intimation to the Central Government as to the receipt of such hospitality, and the source from which, and the manner in which, such hospitality was received by him.