Section 4(a) in The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 1976
(a)[ foreign contribution by an association referred to in sub-sections (1) and (1-A) of section 6 shall be given for every year beginning on the 1st day of April in Form FC 3 in duplicate, [within nine months][of the closure of the year:- [Substituted by G.S.R. 179(E), dated 25.3.1991 (w.e.f. 1.4.1991). ]
