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Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976

Chapter: I
PRELIMINARY
Section 1	:	Short title, extent, application and commencement
Section 2	:	Definitions
Section 3	:	Application of Other Laws not Barred
Chapter: II
REGULATION OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION AND FOREIGN HOSPITALITY
Section 4	:	Candidate for Election, etc., not to Accept Foreign Contribution
Section 5	:	Organisation of a political nature not to accept foreign contribution except with the prior permission of the Central Government
Section 6	:	Certain Associations and Persons Receiving Foreign Contribution to Give Intimation to the Central Government
Section 7	:	Recipients of scholarships, etc., to give intimation to the Central Government
Section 8	:	Persons to whom section 4 shall not apply.- Nothing contained in section 4 shall apply to the acceptance, by any person specified in that section, of any foreign contribution, where such contribution
Section 9	:	Restrictions on Acceptance of Foreign Hospitality
Section 10	:	Power of Central Government to prohibit receipt of foreign contribution, etc., in certain cases
Section 11	:	Application to be made in prescribed form for obtaining prior permission to accept foreign contribution or hospitality
Chapter: III
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12	:	Power to Prohibit Payment of Currency Received in Contravention of the Act
Section 13	:	Recipients of Foreign Contribution to Maintain Accounts, etc
Section 14	:	Inspection of Accounts or Records
Section 15	:	Seizure of Accounts or Records
Section 15A	:	Audit of Accounts
Section 16	:	Seizure of Article or Currency Received in Contravention of the Act
Section 17	:	Seizure to be made in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 18	:	Confiscation of Article or Currency Obtained in Contravention of the Act
Section 19	:	Adjudication of Confiscation
Section 20	:	Opportunity to be given Before Adjudication of Confiscation
Section 21	:	Appeal
Section 22	:	Penalty for Article or Currency Obtained in Contravention of Section 12
Section 23	:	Punishment for the Contravention of any Provision of the Act
Section 24	:	Power to Impose Additional fine where Article or Currency is not Available for Confiscation
Section 25	:	Penalty for offences where no separate punishment has been provided
Section 25A	:	Prohibition of Acceptance of Foreign Contribution
Section 26	:	Offences by Companies
Section 27	:	Bar to the Prosecution of offences under the Act
Section 28	:	Investigation into Cases under the Act
Section 29	:	Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith
Section 30	:	Power to Make Rules
Section 31	:	Power to exempt
Section 32	:	Act not to apply to Government transactions