Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010

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