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ACT XI OF 2019 ACT XI OF 2019 BALOCHISTAN CHARITIES (REGISTRATION, REGULATION AND FACILITATION) ACT, 2019 An Act to provide legal cover, substitute and consolidate the Laws for registration, regulation and facilitation of Charities in Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 25th October, 2019] No. PAB / Legis: V(15) / 2019, dated 25.10.2019.---The Balochistan Charities (Registration, Regulation and Facilitation (Bill No.15 of 2019) having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 12th October, 2019 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 24th October, 2019 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide legal cover, substitute and consolidate the Laws for registration, regulation and facilitation of Charities in Balochistan; and for the matter ancillary thereto or connected therewith; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 2. Definitions.---In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "Authority" means the Charities Registration and Regulation Authority headed by the Director General and established under section 3; (b) "Board or Policy Board" means the Policy Board as established under Section 15; (c) "Charter" means the Charter of an Organization/Charity having such description as provided in Section 6 (2), submitted or registered with the Authority, including the amendments (if any) made therein under Section 7; (d) "Charity" means a society, an agency, an NGO, NPO, a Trust, Madrasa, a religious seminary or any other organization by any other name that is a non-profit, voluntary association of persons, natural or juristic, not controlled by any Government and set up for one or more public benefit purposes mentioned in the Schedule and includes local branches of foreign non-profit organization(s) but excludes such foreign organizations operating in Pakistan to whose charter Pakistan is a signatory or where a protocol exists between the Government of Pakistan and an organization and depending for its resources on public subscription, donations or Government aid; 1. (e) "Director General" means the Director General of the Authority, as appointed by Government under Section 3, as well as the Secretary of the Board; 2. (f) "Donation" includes cash, kind, land, building, furniture, computer, computer-software, animal, animal hides or anything of monetary value; 3. (g) "Financial Irregularity" means but no limited to a fraud, an array of irregularities which includes illegal acts, misstatement of facts, deliberate concealment of information related to financial issues concerning the respective Charity or its funding sources as mentioned in its reports or documents. It also includes any embezzlement, internal thefts, payoffs, kickbacks and skimming of funds. Spending, using or disposing of funds for non-intending purposes will also be treated as a financial irregularity under this Act; and (h) "Fund" means money, valuables, land or any contribution having monetary value solicited for funding the project(s) or any activity of a Charity or organization; (i) "Governing Body" means the council, committee, trustees, executive body or any other body by whatever name called, to whom by the constitution of the Charity, its executive functions and the management of its affairs are entrusted; (j) "Government" means the Government of Balochistan; (k) "Government Funds" means any grant in cash or in kind or land allotted on concessional rates by any Government in Pakistan and also includes any funds saved or gained from tax concessions or reduced utility tariffs specific to the Charity; (l) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (m) "Organization" means the organization or association of persons that constitute or may constitute a Charity as defined hereinabove clause (d), and includes all the persons applied for registration as Charity under this Act; (n) "Person" means both natural and legal person, including an individual or group of persons or an organization in the private sector or of a civil society, a partnership or a company in the private sector incorporated or otherwise; (o) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act; (p) "Private Member" means a member of the Policy Board appointed under subsection (4) of Section 15; (q) "Register" means the register maintained under Section 14; (r) "Registered" means registered under this Act; (s) "Registration Certificate" means the registration certificate issued to a Charity under Section 4, which includes its renewal from time to time; (t) "Regulations" means the regulations made under this Act; (u) "Rules" means the rules made under this Act; (v) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to this Act; and (w) "Section" means a section of this Act.