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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:- 8. Conditions to be complied with by registered Charity.---(1) Every registered Charity shall:- (a) maintain book of accounts in a manner laid down by the Authority; (b) at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, submit its Annual Report and annual audited accounts to the Authority and publish the same and place it on its web-site for general information; (c) pay all moneys, received by it, into a separate account kept in its name in a branch of any scheduled bank; (d) furnish to the Authority such particulars with regard to accounts and other records as the Authority may from time to time require; (e) specifically mention financial contributors for each of the activity of the Charity; and (f) must have its own web-site within ninety days from the date of issuance of registration certificate to be linked with "the Database of Charities" of the Authority. The web-site shall contain all information regarding constitution of the Charity, names and brief introduction of executive members, year-wise financial quantum and details of its branches, institution and the projects undertaken by the Charity during the preceding three years of reporting and list of its funding partners. (2) The Authority, or any officer duly authorized by it in this behalf, may at all reasonable times, visit the office or any of the facility or project run by that Charity to ascertain the working and progress of Charity and examine its books of account and other records, the securities, cash and other properties held by the Charity, and all documents relating thereto. Any refusal by the Charity to authorize such visit(s); or any breach of the conditions laid down in sub section (1), may result in deregistration of the Charity. (3) Where this section applies to a registered Charity, the fact that it is a registered Charity shall be stated in Urdu and English in legible characters along with its registration number,- (a) in all notices, advertisements, correspondences and other documents issued by or on behalf of the Charity and soliciting money or other property for fulfillment of aims and objectives of the Charity; (b) in all Acts of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed on behalf of the Charity; and (c) in all Acts rendered by it and in all its invoices, receipts and letters of credit. (4) Any person who issues or authorizes the issuance of any document falling hereinabove clauses (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (3), if failed to mention the fact that the Charity is a registered body as required by that subsection, that person(s) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Rs.100,000/- by the Authority.