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Charities and Societies Proclamation

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WHEREAS, it is found necessary to enact a law

in order to ensure the realization of citizens right

to association enshrined in the Constitution of the

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;

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3. Ethiopian Residents Charities or

Ethiopian Residents Societies shall

mean those Charities or Societies that are

formed under the laws of Ethiopia and

which consist of members whom all dwell

in Ethiopia and who receive more than

10% of their funds from foreign country

sources;

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10. Public Collection shall mean an appeal in

any public place or by means of visits to

places of work or residence; for money or

other property whether for consideration

or otherwise and which is made in

association with a representation that the

whole or any part of its proceeds is to be

applied for charitable purposes and shall

not include appeal made on a land or

building used for the purposes of worship

or burial or any land adjacent to it;

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3. Scope of Application

1. This law shall apply to;

a) Charities or Societies that operate in

more than one regional state;

b) Foreign Charities and Ethiopian Resident

Charities and Societies even if they


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4.Establishment

1. The Charities and Societies Agency

(hereinafter referred to as the Agency) is

hereby established by this Proclamation with

its own legal personality and as an institution

of the Federal Government.

2. The Agency shall be accountable to theMinistry.

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three months after the death of its author,

by any interested party or by the Agency ;

5. The Agency shall draw up model rules for

Charitable Endowments that may be of aid

to those wishing to use such model.

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49.Approval of Charity Committees

1. Charities Committees may not collect

funds or perform any other activities

without acquiring an approval from the

Agency;2. Sub-article (1) of this Article shall not

apply to activities necessary for the

formation of a Charity Committee;

3. The Agency shall consider Articles 69 and

70 of this proclamation when approving a

Charity Committee;

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50. Statement of Accounts

1. A Charity Committee shall submit itsannual statement of accounts to the

Agency;2. A Charity Committee should submit its

statement of accounts at its dissolution

where the length of time for which the

Charity Committee is formed is not longerthan 1 year.

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the registered Charity or Society;

3. Charities and Societies may not solicit

money and property exceeding fifty

thousand birr before its registration;

4. Failure to register within the prescribed

period shall be a ground for cessation of

the formed Charity or Society.

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the proper administration of the Charity or

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