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(1) Every person, who
is registered and granted a certificate or given prior permission under this Act and receives any foreign
contribution,--
(a) shall utilise such contribution for the purposes for which the contribution has been received:
Provided that any foreign contribution or any income arising out of it shall not be used for
speculative business:
Provided further that the Central Government shall, by rules, specify the activities or business
which shall be construed as speculative business for the purpose of this section;
(b) shall not defray as far as possible such sum, not exceeding 1[twenty per cent.] of such
contribution, received in a financial year, to meet administrative expenses:
Provided that administrative expenses exceeding 1[twenty per cent.] of such contribution may be
defrayed with prior approval of the Central Government.
(2) The Central Government may prescribe the elements which shall be included in the administrative
expenses and the manner in which the administrative expenses referred to in sub-section (1) shall be
calculated.
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2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "fifty per cent." (w.e.f. 29-9-2020).