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On Amendments To The Federal Law "on Freedom Of Conscience And Religious Associations" And Certain Legislative Acts Of The Russian Federation

Original Language Title: О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "О свободе совести и о религиозных объединениях" и отдельные законодательные акты Российской Федерации

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW amending the Federal Law "Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations" and separate Acts of the Russian Federation Federation adopted by the State Duma on November 18, 2015 Approved by the Federation Council on 25 November 2015 Article 1 Article 1 Article 1 of the Federal Law dated September 26, 1997 N 125-FZ "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations" (Legislative Assembly of the Russian Federation, 1997, No. 39, art. 4465; 2000, N 14, st. 1430; 2002, N 12, st. 1093; N 30, sect. 3029; 2003, N 50, sect. 4855; 2004, N 27, sect. 2711; 2015, No. 29, sect. 4387) the following changes: 1) Article 14, paragraph 2, should be supplemented with the following paragraph: " repeated failure to submit a religious organization to a federal state registration body or its territorial body in 1. Article 25, paragraph 2, of this Federal Act, where there are other violations of the law of the Russian Federation. "; (2) in article 25: (a) Paragraph 2 should read: " 2. The Federal State Registration Authority or its territorial body monitors the observance by religious organizations of the Russian Federation's legislation on freedom of conscience, religious freedom and religious associations, and also the objectives and procedures of their statutes in the exercise of federal State supervision over the activities of religious organizations. "; b) to supplement paragraphs 3 to 6 as follows: " 3. In relation to the protection of the rights of religious organizations in the exercise of federal State supervision over the activities of religious organizations, the provisions of the Federal Act of 26 December 2008 No. 294-FZ " On the protection of rights Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the exercise of State control (supervision) and municipal control ", taking into account the characteristics set out in this article. 4. In the exercise of federal State supervision over the activities of religious organizations, the Federal State Registration Authority or its territorial body and their officials, in accordance with the procedure established by Russian legislation Federations have the right: to request and obtain from a religious organization documents on the activities of a religious organization, with the exception of documents containing information on the financial and economic activities of a religious organization which may be requested and received only in cases where under the third paragraph of this paragraph; to request and obtain from a religious organization, including in the conduct of the checks provided for by this Federal Law, documents containing information about it Financial and economic activities, in the event that a religious organization received funds and other property from international and foreign organizations, foreign citizens, stateless persons, and (or) if the State Authorities, local authorities received information on the violation of religious belief OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by the law of checks, information on the financial and economic activities of a religious organization in State statistics bodies, the federal executive authority, and the Commissioner for Control and Surveillance in the Field of Taxes and Fees, Executive Body for the Implementation of the against the legalization (laundering) of criminally obtained incomes and the financing of terrorism and other State control (oversight); organization of events at the invitation of the authorities of a religious organization; to check whether the activities of a religious organization are in conformity with the legislation of the Russian Federation on freedom of conscience, religious freedom and religious associations, as well as the aims and order of activities, under its charter; to conduct audits of the financial and economic activities of a religious organization, including the receipt and (or) expenditure of charitable donations and other funds, sources The proceeds and (or) use of other property, if the religious organization received funds and other assets from international and foreign organizations, foreign nationals, stateless persons, and (or) if, State bodies, local authorities received information on OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Freedom of conscience, religious freedom and religious associations, or the commission of acts by a religious organization not in conformity with the purposes of its statute, to issue a written warning to it, with an indication of the violation and the time limit It has been eliminated for at least one month. A warning issued by a religious organization may be appealed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. 5. The grounds for an unscheduled inspection of a religious organization are: the period of elimination of the violation contained in a warning previously issued by a religious organization by the Federal State Registration Authority or its territorial body; receipt of information to the federal state registration authority or its territorial body from state bodies, local self-government bodies on violation by a religious organization OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION presence of signs of extremism (terrorism); the existence of an order (order) by the head of the federal State registration authority or its territorial body issued in accordance with the President's instructions OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6. Pre-notification to a religious organization of an exceptional inspection due to the presence of extremism (terrorism) in its activity is not permitted. "; 3) to supplement article 25-1 as follows: " Article 25-1. The accounts of the religious organization, received money and other property from international and foreign organizations, foreign citizens, stateless persons 1. Religious organizations that receive money and other property from international and foreign organizations, foreign citizens, stateless persons, maintain separate records of income (expenditure) received under income from the sources and income (s) received under other income. 2. Religious organizations that have received money and other property from international and foreign organizations, foreign citizens, stateless persons, are required to submit to the federal state registration authority within one year or not. its territorial body, the report on its activities, the personal composition of the governing bodies, the purpose of spending the money and the use of other property, including those received from international and foreign organizations, foreign citizens, persons without citizenship, on their actual consumption (use). 3. Religious organizations that receive money and other property from foreign and international organizations, foreign citizens, stateless persons, are required to publish on an annual Internet and telecommunications network To publish a report in the amount of information submitted to the Federal State Registration Authority or its territorial body in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article. 4. The form and the date of submission of the report referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, as well as the manner and duration of its placement in the Internet Information and Telecommunications Network, in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article, shall be determined by the federal authority. State registration. ". Article 2 Article 1, paragraph 4 of the Federal Law of 12 January 1996 N 7-FZ " O of the Russian Federation. 145; 1998, N 48, sect. 5849; 2006, N 3, sect. 282; 2007, N 49, sect. 6039; 2010, N 19, sect. 2291; 2012, N 30, sect. 4172) the words "paragraph 3 of article" should be deleted. Article 3 Part 4 of Article 1 of the Federal Law of December 26, 2008 N 294-FZ " On the protection of the rights of legal persons and OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6249; 2009, N 18, sect. 2140; N 29, st. 3601; N 52, sect. 6441; 2010, N 17, sect. 1988; N 31, sect. 4160, 4193; 2011, N 17, sect. 2310; N 30, sect. 4590; N 48, st. 6728; 2012, N 26, est. 3446; 2013, N 27, sect. 3477; N 30, est. 4041; N 52, sect. 6961, 6979, 6981; 2014, N 26, st. 3366; N 30, est. 4220, 4235, 4243; N 42, sect. 5615; N 48, sect. 6659; 2015, No. 1, st. 72, 85; N 18, sect. 2614; N 27, est. 3950; N 29, st. 4339, 4362) supplement paragraph 36 with the following: "36) Federal State supervision over activities of religious organizations.". President of the Russian Federation, V. Putin Moscow, Kremlin 28 November 2015 N 341-FZ