"On-the-spot inspection of the residence of charitable organizations or the place where charitable activities take place" is the territorial principle for the regulatory authorities to deal with illegal acts in the charity field. According to the principle of territoriality, the civil affairs department of the people's government at or above the county level where the charity organization has its domicile or where the charity activity takes place has the right to conduct on-site investigation on the charity organization suspected of violating the law. There are two situations here: when a charitable organization violates the law in its place of registration, the civil affairs department of its place of registration has the right to conduct on-site investigation; Charity activities in different places shall be subject to on-site investigation by the civil affairs department of the place where the activities take place.
The civil affairs departments of the people's governments at or above the county level have the right to ask charitable organizations to explain the suspected illegal acts, and have the right to consult and copy the information about the suspected illegal acts of charitable organizations. Charitable organizations suspected of violating the law have the legal obligation to cooperate with the explanation and provide relevant information to the regulatory authorities.
In the inspection and investigation activities, the civil affairs department has the right to investigate the situation related to supervision and management to the units and individuals related to charitable activities according to the needs of the work. Generally speaking, charitable activities are sometimes carried out jointly or cooperatively by many parties. In order to know the truth, civil affairs departments should not only listen to the explanations of criminal suspects, but also collect more evidence. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the units and individuals involved in charitable activities suspected of violating the law.
Inquiries about the financial accounts of charitable organizations must be approved by the people's government at the corresponding level. Because this authorization involves financial laws, this kind of investigation behavior, although necessary, needs to be cautious. Inquiring about the financial accounts of charitable organizations is because charitable activities must be financed, and funds must go through the financial accounts, from which corresponding illegal evidence can be found. Therefore, inquiring about financial accounts is a necessary means for civil affairs departments to exercise their charitable supervision duties, but it cannot be decided by civil affairs departments themselves when exercising this means, and it needs to be approved by the people's government at the same level.
In addition to the above four types of measures, the civil affairs departments at or above the county level can also take other measures stipulated by laws and administrative regulations, that is, in addition to the regulatory rights explicitly given by the charity law, the civil affairs departments can also exercise the regulatory rights given by other laws and regulations at the same time. It should be pointed out that the existing administrative regulations, such as the Regulations on the Management of Foundations, also give the registration authority and the business management department corresponding supervisory powers, but there are some inconsistencies with the Charity Law, which need to be revised in the future. Only in this way can the regulatory power of the civil affairs department be more clear.