Application for Registration

(1) Every Non-Governmental Organisation desirous of being registered under this Act shall submit to the Registrar, within three months of the commencement of this Act, or within such other time as may be prescribed, the documents and information referred to in sub-section (2). 8 (2) In support of such application, the Non-Governmental Organisation shall furnish the Registrar with the following documents together with its application– (a) the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Non-Governmental Organisation, showing that it is a company limited by guarantee; (b) the name and address of the Non- Governmental Organisation; (c) brief details of the aims, objects and purposes of the Non-Governmental Organisation, especially those relating to sustainable human development in Belize; (d) the organisational structure of the Non- Governmental (including without limitation details of its membership and management) and how its Directors are elected, their duties and powers and terms of office; (e) the accounting and management procedures of the Non-Governmental Organisation; (f) the names, addresses and occupation of each member of the Board of Directors of the Non- Governmental Organisation for each year, where applicable; (g) the types of programmes that the Non- Governmental Organisation intends to carry out for that year; (h) the maximum annual estimated revenues and grants of the Non-Governmental Organisation Non-Governmental Organisations[CAP. 315 9 and, for a Non-Governmental Organisation with revenues of at least twenty-five thousand dollars per annum, the audited accounts of the Non-Governmental Organisation for the previous financial year, duly audited by an independent auditor, and for a Non- Governmental Organisation with annual revenues below twenty-five thousand dollars per annum, the statement of accounts for the Non-Governmental Organisation prepared by its accountant or bookkeeper; (i) the By-laws of the Non-Governmental (3) Where the aims, objectives and purposes of a Non- Governmental Organisation require the Non-Governmental Organisation to possess particular technical or professional qualifications or expertise, such Organisation shall be required, within two months after registration, to submit to the Registrar satisfactory proof that its officers and/or employees are duly registered or licensed and comply in all respects under the relevant law in Belize, where the practice of such profession is regulated by a specific law in Belize. (4) Where any locally incorporated Non-Governmental Organisation registered under this Act holds foreign currency accounts with any bank or financial institution outside Belize, it shall be required, within three months of registration, to transfer such monies to Belize and to open and hold in respect thereof a foreign currency account in its name in Belize, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Exchange Control Regulations Act or any other law, and such monies shall be exempt from any tax, duty or impost whatsoever levied by the Government. CAP. 52.