UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION BY OHCHR OF THE LAW AS ADOPTED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
ON 13 JULY 2015
CHAPTER 2
Registration of Domestic Associations or Non-Governmental Organizations
Article 5:
A domestic association shall be established by at least 03 (three) founding members, whose
age is at least 18 (eighteen).
A domestic non-governmental organization shall be established by at least 03 (three) founding
members being natural persons of Khmer nationality, whose age is at least 18 (eighteen).
Article 6:
Domestic associations or non-governmental organizations shall be required to register with
the Ministry of Interior by completing the following documents:
1- Application forms for registration, 02 (two) copies;
2- A letter stating the address of the central office of the domestic association or nongovernmental organization issued by the commune or Sangkat chief, 01 (one) copy;
3- Profiles of each founding members with a recent 4x6 size photograph, 02 (two)
copies;
4- Statutes signed by the president of the domestic association or non-governmental
organization, 02 (two) copies.
Article 7:
The statutes of the domestic association or non-governmental organization shall lay out the
substances in conformity with the Constitution and other existing laws, and the following key
points:
1- Purpose and goal;
2- Name written in full and abbreviation that does copy the full name or abbreviation of
any registered association or non-governmental organization;
3- Logo that does not copy that of any national or state institution, any registered
association or non-governmental organization, or the Red Cross or Red Crescent or
international institutions;
4- Rules for selecting, terminating, dismissing, transferring and removing the position of
the president or executive director;
5- Rules for changing the organization’s name and logo, and for amending its statutes;
6- Sources of resources and properties;
7- Rules for managing resources and properties;
8- Rules for dissolving and disposing resources and properties upon dissolution of the
organization.
Article 8:
The Ministry of Interior shall examine the application documents of a domestic association or
non-governmental organization, and shall decide whether or not to accept the registration
within 45 (forty-five) working days at the latest.
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