Act Info:Preamble1 - THE FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT, 1976
Chapter 1
Section1 - Short title, extent, application and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Application of other laws not barred
Chapter 2
Section4 - Candidate for election, etc., not to accept foreign contribution
Section5 - Organisation of a political nature not to accept foreign contribution except with the prior permission of the Central Government
Section6 - Certain associations and persons receiving foreign contribution to give intimation to the Central Government
Section7 - Recipients of scholarships, etc., to give intimation to the Central Government
Section8 - Persons to whom section 4 shall not apply
Section9 - Restrictions on acceptance of foreign hospitality
Section10 - Power of Central Government to prohibit receipt of foreign contribution, etc., in certain cases
Section11 - Application to be made in prescribed form for obtaining prior permission to accept foreign contribution or hospitality
Chapter 3
Section12 - Power to prohibit payment of currency received in contravention of the Act
Section13 - Recipients of foreign contribution to maintain accounts, etc.
Section14 - Inspection of accounts or records
Section15 - Seizure of accounts or records
Section15A - Audit of accounts
Section16 - Seizure of article or currency received in contravention of the Act
Section17 - Seizure to be made in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section18 - Confiscation of article or currency obtained in contravention of the Act
Section19 - Adjudication of confiscation
Section20 - Opportunity to be given before adjudication of confiscation
Section21 - Appeal
Section22 - Penalty for article or currency obtained in contravention of section 12
Section23 - Punishment for the contravention of any provision of the Act
Section24 - Power to impose additional fine where article or currency is not available for confiscation
Section25 - Penalty for offences where no separate punishment has been provided
Section25A - Prohibition of acceptance of foreign contribution
Section26 - Offences by companies
Section27 - Bar to the prosecution of offences under the Act
Section28 - Investigation into cases under the Act
Section29 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section30 - Power to make rules
Section31 - Power to exempt
Section32 - Act not to apply to Government transactions