Non-Governmental Organisations defined

(1) A Non-Governmental Organisation is a legal entity formed as a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act, whose aims, nature and objects, direct or indirect, are consistent with the principles enshrined in the preamble to the Belize Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all those international and regional human rights treaties and instruments to which Belize is a party, and are designed to contribute to sustainable human development in Belize. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), but subject to section 13(2) of the Belize Constitution, a Non- Governmental Organisation, shall also have the following attributes and characteristics– (a) it shall be independent of Government control in its operations and management; (b) its aims, objects and purposes shall be to achieve sustainable human development on a voluntary, non-profit basis; (c) its business and affairs shall be under the management and control of a Board of Directors, elected to office for a period and in a manner specified in its Articles of Association, and no member of the Board of Directors or an officer or employee of the Non-Governmental Organisation shall have any interest in using the objects, aims and Non-Governmental Organisations[CAP. 315 7 purposes of the Organisation for personal gain or profit; and CAP. 4. (d) its activities in and within Belize shall be consistent with the principles and provisions of the Belize Constitution. registered Non- Governmental