Section 5: Dissolution of foreign cultural association

5. Dissolution of foreign cultural association.___ (l) No foreign cultural association shall be dissolved otherwise than in accordance with its constitution or with the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3). (2) Not less than sixty per cent of the members of a foreign cultural association may make an application to the Federal Government in the prescribed manner for making an order for the dissolution of the association. (3) If an application is made to it under sub-section (2), or if it has reason to believe that a foreign cultural association has acted or is acting in contravention of its constitution or of the provisions of section 3, the Federal Government may, by order in writing after giving the association an opportunity of being heard, direct that the association shall stand dissolved on and from such date as may be specified in the order. (4) Where an order of dissolution has been made otherwise than on an application made under sub-section (2), the foreign cultural association to which the order relates or any member thereof aggrieved by the order may apply to the Federal Government for a review of the order; and the order of the Federal Government passed after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard shall be final and shall not be questioned, or be permitted to be questioned, by or before any court. (5) Subject to any order of the Federal Government in review under sub-section (4), the dissolution of a foreign cultural association in pursuance of an order of the Federal Government under sub-section (3) shall be deemed to be a dissolution in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the association and the affairs of association shall be wound up in accordance with those provisions.

Effective date: 1975-01-01

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