Audit of accounts
Section 20 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 deals with audit of accounts. Where any person who has been granted a certificate or given prior permission, fails to furnish any intimation under this Act within the time specified therefor or the intimation so furnished is not in accordance with law or if, after inspection of such intimation, the CentralGovernment has any reas The Act came into force on 01 May 2011.
Where any person who has been granted a certificate or given prior permission, fails to furnish any intimation under this Act within the time specified therefor or the intimation so furnished is not in accordance with law or if, after inspection of such intimation, the CentralGovernment has any reasonable cause to believe that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, contravened, the Central Government may, by general or special order, authorise such gazetted officer, holding a Group A post under the Central Government or any other officer or authority or organisation, as it may think fit, to audit any books of account kept or maintained by such person and thereupon every such 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 auditing the said books of account:
Provided that any information obtained from such audit shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed except for the purposes of this Act.
Section 20, The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (Act 42 of 2010).
Questions about Section 20
What does Section 20 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act deal with?
Section 20 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act is headed "Audit of accounts". Where any person who has been granted a certificate or given prior permission, fails to furnish any intimation under this Act within the time specified therefor or the intimation so furnished is not in accordance with law or if, after inspection of such intimation, the CentralGovernment has any reas
How do I find court cases under Section 20 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 20, section 20 Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, section 20 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
When did Section 20 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act come into force?
Section 20 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, cited as Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 20, came into force on 01 May 2011, having been enacted on 26 Sep 2010. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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