UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION BY OHCHR OF THE LAW AS ADOPTED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON 13 JULY 2015 Article 31: A domestic association and non-governmental organization shall have the right to appeal against the decision of the Ministry of Interior regarding the denial of registration, suspension of the activity, deletion from the register, and fine to the court within thirty (30) working days at the latest from the date on which a notification of the decision is received. Article 32: The competent authorities shall take measures to immediately stop any domestic association or non-governmental organization for conducting activities without registration with the Ministry of Interior according to the provisions of this law. In case of resistance, the concerned association or non-governmental organization shall be subjected to a fine from Riel 5,000,000 to Riel 10,000,000 by the Ministry of Interior. In case of repetition, the competent authorities shall file a complaint to the courts for legal action, regardless of other criminal punishments. Paragraph 1 above shall also be applied against any domestic association or nongovernmental organization that is delisted or whose activity is suspended by the Ministry of Interior but continues to carry on activities in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Article 33: In case a foreign association or non-governmental organization fails to comply with Article 24, or paragraph 3 of Article 25 of this law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation shall issue a warning in writing by giving at the latest 30 (thirty) days. In case of non-compliance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation shall issue a warning in writing by giving at the latest 30 (thirty) days. In case of repeated non-compliance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation shall issue a written decision to terminate the validity of its memorandum. Article 34: The competent authorities shall take measures to immediately stop any foreign association or non-governmental organization that conducts activities without registration or which Memorandum of Understanding is terminated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Additional measures involving expulsion under the Law on immigration may be undertaken against any foreigner working for a foreign association or non-governmental organization for committing the above offence regardless of other criminal punishments. Article 35: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation may terminate the validity of a memorandum of understanding where a foreign association or non-governmental organization fails to properly comply with the memorandum of understanding it signed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, or where a foreign association or nongovernmental organization conducts activities which harm security, stability, and public order, or endanger the national security, national unity, culture, good traditions and customs of Cambodian national society. 9

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