Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
Parliament of India
Long title An Act to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	19 August 2010
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	27 August 2010
Assented to	26 September 2010
Commenced	1 May 2011
Legislative history
First chamber: Rajya Sabha
Introduced	18 December 2006
Committee report	Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs One hundred and thirty fourth report on The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2006
Amended by
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020
Status: Amended

The Foreign Contribution (regulation) Act, 2010 is an act of the Parliament of India, by the 42nd Act of 2010. It is a consolidating act whose scope is to regulate the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.^[1] It is designed to correct shortfalls in the predecessor act of 1976. The bill received presidential assent on 26 September 2010.