LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

of November 8, 2002 No. ZR-424

About charity

Accepted on October 8, 2002

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Subject of regulation of the Law

This Law governs the relations arising in the course of charity implementation, establishes the legal basis of regulation, the purpose, the principles of implementation of charity, form of its support by the state, features of activities of charitable organizations.

Article 2. Charity purpose

The purpose of charity is:

1) assistance to those physical persons (to persons with limited opportunities, to orphans, the unemployed), and also to needy families which are not capable to provide independently own material and spiritual needs;

2) assistance to non-profit and other organizations;

2. 1) assistance to health care development;

3) provision of financial support to persons injured with war, natural disasters, infectious diseases, epidemics and other emergency situations and participation in liquidation of their effects;

4) assistance, by creation of workplaces or retraining of the unemployed, in question of employment of persons needing the public assistance;

5) assistance to implementation of programs in the field of science, educations, arts, literatures, health cares, sport and physical culture;

6) assistance to implementation of programs for protection and reconstruction of monuments of history, architecture, culture, art;

7) assistance to implementation of activities for protection and improvement of the nature and environment;

8) assistance to implementation of the social programs approved by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

Article 3. Concept "Charity"

1. Charity is provision by physical persons and legal entities voluntary, disinterested, not prohibited by the law (non-paid or on favorable terms) the financial and spiritual support (further - charitable assistance) to physical persons to health and non-profit organizations for implementation of the purposes of article 2 of this Law.

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