Section 23 Of FCRA Act 2010

Section 23 in The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010

23 Inspection of accounts or records. —If the Central Government has, for any reason, to be recorded in writing, any ground to suspect that any provision of this Act has been or is being, contravened by—

(a) any political party or
(b) any person or
(c) any organization or
(d) any association, it may, by general or special order, authorize such gazetted officer, holding a Group A post under the Central Government or such other officer or authority or organization, as it may think fit (hereinafter referred to as the inspecting officer), to inspect any account or record maintained by such political party, person, organization or association, as the case may be, and thereupon every such inspecting officer shall have the right to enter in or upon any premises at any reasonable hour, before sunset and after sunrise, for the purpose of inspecting the said account or record.

Complete: fcra-act-2010