R.1 Short title and commencement

       (1) These rules may be called the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 1976.
       (2) They shall come into force on the 5th day of August, 1976.

R.2 Definitions

       In these Rules unless the context otherwise requires,—
        (a) “Act” means the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976;
        (b) “Form” means a form appended to these rules;
        (c) “section” means a section of the Act;
       1[(d) “year” means the accounting year commencing from 1st day of April and ending on 31st day of March of the next calendar year.]
       
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        1. Ins. by G.S.R. 179(E), dated 25th March, 1991 (w.e.f. 1-4-1991).

R.3 Application for obtaining prior permission to receive foreign contribution or foreign hospitality

       An application for obtaining prior permission of the Central Government to—
        (a) receive foreign contribution under sub-section (1) of section 5, or clause (a) of sub-section (2) of that section, shall be made in Form FC1;
       1[(aa) receive foreign contribution under proviso to sub-section (1) of section 6, or under sub-section (1A) of that section or clause (b) of section 10, shall be made in Form FC 1A;]
        (b) accept foreign hospitality under section 9 2[or clause (d) of section 10], shall be made in Form FC 2.
       
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        1. Ins. by G.S.R. 755 (E), dated 5th November, 1984 (w.e.f. 5-11-1984).
        2. Ins. by S

R.3(a) Application for registration

       An application for registration of an association referred to in sub-section (1) of section 6 for acceptance of foreign contribution shall be made in Form FC 8].
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        1. Ins. by S.O. 860 (E), dated 29th December, 1977 (w.e.f. 29-12-1977).

R.4 Intimation regarding receipt of foreign contribution or scholarship or stipend or any payment of a like nature of foreign hospitality

       (1) An intimation as to the receipt of—
       1[(a) foreign contribution by an association referred to in sub-sections (1) and (1A) of section 6 shall be given for every year beginning on the 1st day of April, in Form FC 3 in duplicate, within 2[four months] of the closure of the year:
        3[Provided that a NIL report shall also be furnished. The intimation to be furnished for the year beginning on the 1st day of April 1991 shall also include the receipt and utilisation of foreign contribution during the period commencing from 1st January, 1991 and ending on 31st March, 1991;]
        (b) foreign contribution by a candidate for election, referred to in sub-section (2) of section 6 shall be given in Form FC 4, within fifteen days from the date on which he is duly nominated as

R.5 Intimation of receipt of scholarship, stipend or any payment of a like nature, when not necessary

       It shall not be necessary for a citizen of India to give any intimation under section 7 regarding receipt of scholarship, stipend or any payment of a like nature from any foreign source, if the value of such scholarship, stipend or other payment does not exceed, during an academic year, rupees thirty-six thousand.
       Explanation.—In calculating the value,—
        (a) the amount received by the citizen for the purchase of books, clothing and equipment and for sight-seeing in a foreign country or territory shall be taken into account; but
        (b) the amount spent in travel by air in economy class from India to a foreign country or territory and back to India from such foreign country or territory, and the amount spent by the foreign source in respect of such citizen towards tuition and other fees, s

R.6 Authority to whom an application or intimation to be sent

       Any application or intimation referred to in rule 3, 1[rule 3A] or rule 4, as the case may be, shall be made or given to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi. Such application or intimation shall be sent by registered post.
       
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        1. Ins. by G.S.R. 755 (E), dated 5th November, 1984 (w.e.f. 5-11-1984).

R.7 Manner of service of prohibitory order or any other order or direction

       A prohibitory order under section 12 or any other order or direction made or issued under the Act, shall be served on the person concerned in the following manner, that is to say,—
        (a) by delivering or tendering it to that person or to his duly authorised agent; or
        (b) by sending it to him by registered post acknowledgement due to the address of his last known place of residence or the place where he carries on, or is known to have last carried on, business or the place where he personally works for gain or is known to have last worked for gain, and in case the person is an organisation or an association, to the last known address of the office of such organisation or association;
        (c) if it cannot be served in any of the manners aforesaid, by affixing it on the outer door or som

R.8 Maintenance of accounts

       (1) A separate set of accounts and records shall be maintained, exclusively for foreign contribution received and utilised,—
        (a) in Form FC 6, where the foreign contribution relates only to articles as referred to in item (i) of sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of section 2;
        (b) in the cash book and ledger account on double entry basis, where the foreign contribution relates to currency received and utilised, and a separate bank account shall be maintained in respect of such contribution;
        (c) in Form FC 7, where the foreign contribution relates to foreign securities.
       1[(2) Every account specified in sub-rule (1) shall be maintained on an yearly basis, commencing on the 1st day of 2[April] each year and every such yearly account, duly cer

R.9 Limits up to which an officer, not below the rank of an Assistant Sessions Judge may make adjudication of confiscation

       An officer referred to in clause (b) of section 19 may adjudge confiscation in relation to any article or currency seized under section 16, if the value of such article or the amount of such currency exceeds one thousand rupees but does not exceed fifty thousand rupees.