Government to propose separate law for non-profit organisations

Monday’s cabinet meeting will also see the proposal of a bill on non-profit activity which will define public aid organisations and establish regulations on the non-profit sector, which currently do not exist. Such a bill has been in preparation for a number of years; the current version is being put forward by Prime Minister Jan Fischer. The act would require non-profit organisations to be registered in a special public record for a period of nine years in order to prevent their applying for unjustified benefits. Non-profit organisations are to be defined by the Civil Code, however a separate law is being proposed because the Ministry of Justice has been unable to push through a new reading of the code for the last eight years.