law: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
  Chapter I:
  
  Preliminary
  1. Short title,
  
  extent, application and commencement. -
  1.  
  
    This
  
  Act may be called the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.
  2.  It
  
  extends to the whole of India, and it shall also apply to--
  a.  
  
    citizens
  
  of India outside India; and
  b.  
  
    Associate
  
  branches or subsidiaries, outside India, of companies or bodies corporate,
  
  registered or incorporated in India.
  1.  
  
  
  2.  
  
  
  3.  It
  
  shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
  Provided that different dates may be
  
  appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such
  
  provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to
  
  the coming into force of that provision.