law: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
  5. Procedure to
  
  notify an organisation of a political nature.-
  1.  
  
    The
  
  Central Government may, having regard to the activities of the organisation or
  
  the ideology propagated by the organisation or the programme of the
  
  organisation or the association of the organizations with the activities of any
  
  political party, by an order published in the Official Gazette, specify such
  
  organisation as an organisation of a political nature not being a political
  
  party, referred to in clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 3:
  Provided that the Central Government may, by
  
  rules made by it, frame the guidelines specifying the ground or grounds on
  
  which an organisation shall be specified as an organization of a political
  
  nature.
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  2.  Before
  
  making an order under sub-section (1), the Central Government shall give the
  
  organisation in respect of whom the order is proposed to be made, a notice in
  
  writing informing it of the ground or grounds, on which it is proposed to be
  
  specified as an organisation of political nature under that sub-section.
  3.  The
  
  organisation to whom a notice has been served under sub-section (2), may,
  
  within a period of thirty days from the date of the notice, make a
  
  representation to the Central Government giving reasons for not specifying such
  
  organisation as an organisation under sub-section (1):
  Provided that the Central Government may
  
  entertain the representation after the expiry of the said period of thirty
  
  days, if it is satisfied that the organisation was prevented by sufficient
  
  cause from making the representation within thirty days.
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  4.  
  
    The
  
  Central Government may, if it considers it appropriate, forward the
  
  representation referred to in sub-section (3) to any authority to report on
  
  such representation.
  5.  The
  
  Central Government may, after considering the representation and the report of
  
  the authority referred to in sub-section (4), specify such organisation as an
  
  organization of a political nature not being a political party and make an
  
  order under sub-section (1) accordingly.
  6.  
  
    Every
  
  order under sub-section (1) shall be made within a period of one hundred and
  
  twenty days from the date of issue of notice under sub-section (2):
  Provided that in case no order is made within
  
  the said period of one hundred and twenty days, the Central Government shall,
  
  after recording the reasons therefor, make an order under sub-section (1)
  
  within a period of sixty days from the expiry of the said period of one hundred
  
  and twenty days.