Application for obtaining ‘Registration’ or ‘Prior Permission’ to Receive Foreign Contribution

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....) shall have an FCRA Account.] (e) The person may open one or more accounts in one or more banks for the purpose of utilising the foreign contribution after it has been received and, in all such cases, intimation ^3[^17[in electronic form] in Form ^8[FC-6D]] shall be furnished to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi within ^27[forty five days] of the opening of any account.(2) ^18[(f) A person seeking registration under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 12 of the Act shall meet the following conditions, namely:- (i) it shall be in existence for three years and have spent a minimum amount of rupees fifteen lakh on its core activities for the benefit of society during the last three financial years: Provided that the Central Government, in exceptional cases or in cases where a person is controlled by the Central Government or a State Government may waive the conditions; (ii) if the person wants inclusion of its existing capital investment in assets like land, building, other permanent structures, vehicles, equipment in the computation of its spending during last three years, then the chief functionary shall give an undertaking tha....

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....(ii) for the Indian recipient persons and foreign donor organisations having common members, prior permission shall be granted to the person subject to it satisfying the following conditions, namely:- (A) the chief functionary of the recipient person shall not be a part of the donor organisation; (B) seventy-five per cent. of ^31[the key functionaries] of the person shall not be members or employees of the foreign donor organisation; (C) in case of foreign donor organisation being a single individual that individual shall not be ^32[the key functionary] of the recipient person; and (D) in case of a single foreign donor, seventy-five per cent. of ^33[the key functionaries] of the recipient person shall not be the family members or close relatives of the donor.] ^23[(2A) Every application for obtaining prior permission under clause (a) of sub-rule (1) made before the commencement of these rules but not disposed of, shall be considered after furnishing the details of FCRA Account.] (3) No person shall prefer a second application for registration or prior permission within a period of six months after submitting an application ei....

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....ch contribution has been received.]     ***************** NOTES:- 1. Substituted vide G.S.R. 966(E) - Dated 14-12-2015, w.e.f. 14-12-2015 before it was read as, "(a) An application under sub-section (1) of section 11 for registration of a person for acceptance of foreign contribution shall be made electronically on-line in Form FC-3, and shall be followed by forwarding the hard copy of the on-line application duly signed by the Chief Functionary of the association together with the required documents." 2. Substituted vide G.S.R. 966(E) - Dated 14-12-2015, w.e.f. 14-12-2015 before it was read as, "(b) The hard copy of the on-line application referred in clause (a) shall reach the Central Government within thirty days of the submission of the on-line application, failing which the request of the person shall be deemed to have ceased.  (c) Any person whose request has ceased under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) may prefer a fresh on-line application with the Central Government only after six months from the date of cessation of the previous application." 3. Substituted vide G.S.R. 966(E) - Dated 14-12-2015, w.e.f. 14....

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....95(E) dated 10-11-2020, w.e.f. 10-11-2020 before it was read as, "electronically online" 15. Substituted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 695(E) dated 10-11-2020, w.e.f. 10-11-2020 before it was read as, "electronically online" 16.   Substituted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 695(E) dated 10-11-2020, w.e.f. 10-11-2020 before it was read as "(d) A person seeking registration shall be required to open an exclusive bank account to receive the foreign contribution." 17. Substituted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 695(E) dated 10-11-2020, w.e.f. 10-11-2020 before it was read as, "electronically online" 18. Inserted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 695(E) dated 10-11-2020, w.e.f. 10-11-2020. 19. Inserted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 695(E) dated 10-11-2020, w.e.f. 10-11-2020. 20. Substituted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 695(E) dated 10-11-2020, w.e.f. 10-11-2020 before it was read as, "(d) A person seeking prior permission under this rule shall be required to open an exclusive bank account for the receipt of foreign contribution." 21. Substitu....