Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976
11. Application to be made in prescribed form
for obtaining prior permission to accept foreign contribution or hospitality
(1) Every individual, association, organization
or other person, who is required by or under this Act to obtain the prior
permission of the Central Government to accept any foreign contribution, or
foreign hospitality, shall before the acceptance of any such contribution or
hospitality, make an application for such permission to the Central Government
in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) If an application referred to in
sub-section (1) is not disposed of within ninety days from the date of receipt
of such application, the permission prayed for in such application shall, on
the expiry of the said period of ninety days, be deemed to have been granted by
the Central Government:
PROVIDED that, where in relation to an
application, the Central Government has informed the applicant the special
difficulties by reason of which his application cannot be disposed of within
the said period of ninety days, such application shall not, until the expiry of
a further period of thirty days, be deemed to have been granted by the Central
Government.