Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
6. Restriction on
acceptance of foreign hospitality. -
No member of a
Legislature or office-bearer of a political party or Judge or Government
servant or employee of any corporation or any other body owned or controlled by
the Government shall, while visiting any country or territory outside India,
accept, except with the prior permission of the Central Government, any foreign
hospitality:
Provided that it shall not be necessary to
obtain any such permission for an emergent medical aid needed on account of
sudden illness contracted during a visit outside India, but, where such foreign
hospitality has been received, the person receiving such hospitality shall
give, within one month from the date of receipt of such hospitality an
intimation to the Central Government as to the receipt of such hospitality, and
the source from which, and the manner in which, such hospitality was received
by him.