13. Alteration of memorandum (1) Save as provided in section 61, a company may, by a special resolution and after complying with the procedure specified in this section, alter the provisions of its memorandum. (2) Any change in the name of a company shall be subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of
12. Registered office of company (1) A company shall, on and from the fifteenth day of its incorporation and at all times thereafter, have a registered office capable of receiving and acknowledging all communications and notices as may be addressed to it. (2) The company shall furnish to the Registrar verification of its registered office
Section 4 in The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 4 Persons to whom section 3 shall not apply .Nothing contained in section 3 shall apply to the acceptance, by any person specified in that section, of any foreign contribution where such contribution is accepted by him, subject to the provisions of section 10, (a) by
Prohibition to accept foreign contribution. (1) No foreign contribution shall be accepted by any– (a) candidate for election (b) correspondent, columnist, cartoonist, editor, owner, printer or publisher of a registered newspaper; [(c) public servant, Judge, Government servant or employee of any corporation or any other body controlled or owned by the Government] (d) member of
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “association” means an association of individuals, whether incorporated or not, having an office in India and includes a society, whether registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), or not, and any other organization, by whatever name called; (b) “authorized person in foreign
Short title, extent, application and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. (2) It extends to the whole of India, and it shall also apply to— (a) citizens of India outside India; and (b) associate branches or subsidiaries, outside India, of companies or bodies corporate, registered or incorporated in
Purpose of the earlier FCRA The FCRA was first enacted during the Emergency era (1976). The official rationale was to prohibit the flow of foreign funds to political parties, candidates contesting elections to any public office, journalists, cartoonists, editors, owners, printers and publishers of registered newspapers and individuals in the service of the State or
11. Commencement of business, etc (1) A company having a share capital shall not commence any business or exercise any borrowing powers unless— (a) a declaration is filed by a director in such form and verified in such manner as may be prescribed, with the Registrar that every subscriber to the memorandum has paid the
10. Effect of memorandum and articles (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the memorandum and articles shall, when registered, bind the company and the members thereof to the same extent as if they respectively had been signed by the company and by each member, and contained covenants on its and his part to
9. Effect of registration From the date of incorporation mentioned in the certificate of incorporation, such subscribers to the memorandum and all other persons, as may, from time to time, become members of the company, shall be a body corporate by the name contained in the memorandum, capable of exercising all the functions of an