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The Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Ordinance, 1978

( Ordinance NO. XLVI OF 1978 )

Penalty for false declaration, etc.
6. 1[(1)] If the Government is satisfied that any person or organisation referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 has failed to submit a declaration under sub-section (3) of that section or wilfully submitted or caused to be submitted a declaration which he or it knows or has reason to believe to be false or has otherwise contravened any provision of this Ordinance, 2[it may, by order, cancel the registration of such person or organisation or] stop any voluntary activity undertaken or carried on by such person or organisation:
 
 
 
 
Provided that no order under this section shall be made without giving such person or organisation a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
 
 
 
 
3[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), whoever receives or operates any foreign donation in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder shall be liable to pay a penalty of double the amount or value of the donation received or, as the case may be, operated, or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or both.]

  • 1
    The existing provision of section 6 was numbered as “6. (1)” by section 3 of the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No. XXXII of 1982)
  • 2
    The words and commas “it may, by order, cancel the registration of such person or organisation or” were substituted for the words and commas “it may, by order,” by section 3 of the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No. XXXII of 1982)
  • 3
    Sub-section (2) was added by section 3 of the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (Ordinance No. XXXII of 1982)
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