law: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
  4. Persons to whom
  
  section 3 shall not apply.-
  Nothing contained in
  
  section 3 shall apply to the acceptance, by any person specified in that
  
  section, of any foreign contribution where such contribution is accepted by
  
  him, subject to the provisions of section 10,--
  a.  
  
    by
  
  way of salary, wages or other remuneration due to him or to any group of
  
  persons working under him, from any foreign source or by way of payment in the
  
  ordinary course of business transacted in India by such foreign source; or
  b.  
  
    by
  
  way of payment, in the course of international trade or commerce, or in the
  
  ordinary course of business transacted by him outside India; or
  c.  
  
    as
  
  an agent of a foreign source in relation to any transaction made by such
  
  foreign source with the Central Government or State Government; or
  d.  
  
    by
  
  way of a gift or presentation made to him as a member of any Indian delegation,
  
  provided that such gift or present was accepted in accordance with the rules
  
  made by the Central Government with regard to the acceptance or retention of such
  
  gift or presentation; or
  e.  
  
    from
  
  his relative; or
  f.  
  
    by
  
  way of remittance received, in the ordinary course of business through any
  
  official channel, post office, or any authorised person in foreign exchange
  
  under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999; or
  g.  
  
    by
  
  way of any scholarship, stipend or any payment of like nature:
  Provided that in case any foreign
  
  contribution received by any person specified under section 3, for any of the
  
  purposes other than those specified under this section, such contribution shall
  
  be deemed to have been accepted in contravention of the provisions of section
  
  3.