Section 3: Formation of foreign cultural associations

3. Formation of foreign cultural associations.___(1) No foreign cultural association shall be formed with the object of, or engage itself in, propagating any opinion, or acting in any manner, prejudicial to the ideology, integrity, security, constitution or system of Government of Pakistan or Pakistan’s relations with any foreign country or contrary to morality or any law for the time being in force. (2) A foreign cultural association shall have only one head office, but may, with the prior permission in writing of the Federal Government, set up a branch at the principal seat of a Provincial Government. (3) Every foreign cultural association shall appoint its President with the approval of the Federal Government in the prescribed manner. (4) No new foreign cultural association shall be set up or shall start functioning unless registered by the Federal Government and such registration may be granted subject to such conditions as the Federal Government may specify. (5) An existing foreign cultural association shall apply in the prescribed manner for registration within one month of the coming into force of the rules to be made under this Act and the Federal Government may grant registration subject to such conditions as it may specify.

Effective date: 1975-01-01

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