(f) Any officer or employee working in any government, semi-government, autonomous or
statutory organization;
(g) Any officer or employee of any NGO or organization registered under this Act;
(h) Any individual or entity enlisted or banned, as the case may be, under Section 18 of the Anti
Terrorism Act 2009 (Act XVI of 2009).
6. Approval of Projects, etc. –
(1) No individual or NGO shall accept any foreign donation without approval of projects and
activities of such individual or NGO shall be confined with the limit of the approved projects;
(2) In order to accept foreign donation and incur expenses under sub section (1), project proposal
shall be prepared in the prescribed form and an application for approval of the same has to be
furnished before the Director General;
(3) The Bureau, after primary scrutiny of the project proposal, shall obtain opinion from the
concerned Ministry related with the project;
Provided that before undertaking voluntary activities under this Act in Khagrachhari, Rangamati
and Bandarban Hill tracts, the concerned individual or NGO shall obtain opinion from the
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs;
(4) The Bureau shall return the project proposal to the individual or NGO for alteration or
correction as the case may be, in accordance with the objection or recommendation made by
the concerned Ministry;
Provided if the Bureau considers the objection or recommendation made by the concerned
Ministry unacceptable, it shall forward the proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office and take
further necessary action according to the directions passed by the Prime Minister’s Office;
(5) No registered NGO or Person shall spend more than 20% of approved expenditure limit of a
project in its administrative functions;
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this section, In case of any project
related to Emergency Relief Program during any natural calamities or after any such disaster the
Director General shall issue an order of release of fund from foreign donation including approval
of the projects within 24 hours of application if the application and information furnished
therewith appears to be appropriate.
7. Granting Assistance by NGO etc.- Any NGO registered under this Act may grant assistance to any
Bangladeshi non-government voluntary organization from foreign donation received by it, under the
following conditions, e.g.-
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