(1) The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 (49 of 1976) (hereafter referred to as the repealed Act) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal,-
(a) anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken under the repealed Act shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act;
(b) any organisation of a political nature, not being a political party, to whom the prior permission was granted under section 5 of the repealed Act, shall continue to be the organisation of a political nature, not being a political party, under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of this Act, till such permission is withdrawn by the Central Government;
(c) permission to accept foreign hospitality granted under section 9 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to be the permission granted under section 6 of this Act until such permission is withdrawn by the Central Government;
(d) any association prohibited from accepting any foreign contribution under clause (a) of section 10 of the repealed Act, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to be an association prohibited from accepting any foreign contribution under section 9 of this Act;
(e) permission obtained under clause (b) of section 10 of the repealed Act shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be the permission until such permission is withdrawn by the Central Government;
(f) any order issued under section 12 of the repealed Act shall be deemed to be an order issued under section 10 of this Act;
(g) any order issued under section 31 of the repealed Act exempting any association or any individual shall be deemed to be an order under section 50 of this Act till such order is varied or revoked.
(3) Save as provided in sub-section (2), mention of particular matters in that sub-section shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), with regard to the effect of repeal.
Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2010
Section 32 Revision of orders by Central Government
Section 33 Making of false statement, declaration or delivering false accounts
Section 34 Penalty for article or currency or security obtained in contravention of section 10
Section 35 Punishment for contravention of any provision of the Act
Section 37 Penalty for offences where no separate punishment has been provided
Section 38 Prohibition of acceptance of foreign contribution
Section 39 Offences by companies
Section 40 Bar on prosecution of offences under the Act
Section 41 Composition of certain offences
Section 42 Power to call for information or document
Section 43 Investigation into cases under the Act
Section 44 Returns by prescribed authority to Central Government
Section 45 Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 46 Power of Central Government to give directions
Section 47 Delegation of powers
Section 48 Power to make rules
Section 49 Orders and rules to be laid before Parliament
Section 50 Power to exempt in certain cases
Section 51 Act not to apply to certain Government transactions
Section 52 Application of other laws not barred