Exceptions to foreign contribution restrictions: permitted remunerations, trade receipts, agency transactions, delegate gifts, relative transfers and authorised remittances. Section 8 exempts specified categories from the prohibition in section 4 where acceptance is subject to section 10: salary or remuneration from foreign sources, payments in international trade or business outside India, agency receipts for transactions with Government, gifts to members of Indian delegations accepted per Central Government regulations, foreign contributions from relatives with prior permission (or limited small-value transfers with intimation), and remittances received through official channels or authorised dealers; 'relative' is defined by reference to the Companies Act.