National Sports Governance Act, 2025
Bare Act · 2025
An Act to provide for the development and promotion of sports, welfare measures for sportspersons, ethical practices based on basic universal principles of good governance, ethics and fair play of the Olympic and sports movement, the Olympic Charter, the Paralympic Charter, international best practices and established legal standards and to provide for the resolution of sports grievances and sports disputes in a unified, equitable and effective manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 25 of 2025
- Enacted
- 18 August 2025
- Contents
- 38 sections · 12 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — National Sports Bodies
- Section 3 – Establishment of national sports governing bodies
- Section 4 – Compliance with certain requirements by National Sports Bodies
Chapter III — The National Sports Board
- Section 5 – Establishment of National Sports Board
- Section 6 – Powers and functions of Board (preview)
- Section 7 – Staff of Board (preview)
Chapter IV — The Governance Of Recognised Sports Organisations
- Section 8 – Board recognition and registration (preview)
- Section 10 – Power of Board to suspend or cancel Board recognition or registration (preview)
- Section 11 – Ad hoc administrative body (preview)
Sections
- Section 9 – Power of Board to conduct inquiry (preview)
- Section 31 – Power to make rules (preview)
Chapter V — Code Of Ethics
- Section 12 – Code of Ethics (preview)
Chapter VI — Safe Sports Policy And Grievance Redressal
- Section 13 – Safe Sports Policy (preview)
Chapter VII — Privileges And Duties Of Recognised Sports Organisation
- Section 14 – Privileges of recognised sports organisation (preview)
- Section 15 – Duties of recognised sports organisation (preview)
Chapter VIII — National Sports Election Panel
Chapter IX — National Sports Tribunal
- Section 17 – Constitution of National Sports Tribunal (preview)
- Section 18 – Removal of chairperson or members of Tribunal (preview)
- Section 19 – Staff of Tribunal (preview)
- Section 20 – Exclusion of jurisdiction of Tribunal (preview)
- Section 21 – Members, etc., to be public servants (preview)
- Section 22 – Transfer of pending cases (preview)
- Section 23 – Bar on jurisdiction of a civil court (preview)
- Section 24 – Powers of Tribunal (preview)
- Section 25 – Appeal to Supreme Court (preview)
- Section 26 – Orders passed by Tribunal to be executable as a decree (preview)
Chapter X — Use Of National Names And Insignia
Chapter XI — Miscellaneous
- Section 28 – Fund (preview)
- Section 29 – Accounts and audit (preview)
- Section 30 – Measures for promotion and development of sports (preview)
- Section 32 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 33 – Laying of rules, regulations and notifications (preview)
- Section 34 – Power to exempt in special cases (preview)
- Section 35 – Power to issue directions and impose restrictions in national interest (preview)
- Section 36 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 37 – Conflicts with International Charters and Statutes (preview)
- Section 38 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)