Prohibition on accepting foreign contribution restricts specified persons and intermediaries from receiving or transferring foreign funds. Prohibition on acceptance of foreign contribution bars candidates, specified media persons, members of legislatures, political parties, organisations of a political nature and public servants (including government owned or controlled corporations) from accepting foreign funds. Residents and overseas citizens may not accept or acquire foreign currency for such prohibited recipients, nor deliver currency if they know or have reasonable cause to believe it will be passed to a prohibited recipient; intermediaries receiving foreign currency must not divert it from the intended recipient.