law: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976
  8. Persons to whom section 4 shall not apply
  Nothing contained in section 4 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 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 regulations made by the Central Government
  
  with regard to the acceptance or retention of such gift or presentation; or
  (e) from his relative when such foreign
  
  contribution has been received with the previous permission of the Central
  
  Government:
  PROVIDED that no such permission shall be
  
  required if the amount of foreign contribution received by him from his
  
  relative does not exceed, in value, eight thousand rupees per annum and an
  
  intimation is given by him to the Central Government as to the amount received,
  
  the source from which and the manner in which it was received and the purpose
  
  for which and the manner in which it was utilized by him,
  (f) by way of remittance received, in the
  
  ordinary course of business, through any official channel, post office, or any
  
  authorized dealer in foreign exchange under the Foreign Exchange Regulation
  
  Act, 1973 (46 of 1973).
  Explanation: In this Act, the
  
  expression "relative" has the meaning assigned to it in the Companies
  
  Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).