Exception to prohibition on foreign contributions: specified categories permit receipt if accepted in prescribed manner and reported as required.

Section 4 identifies specific exceptions to the prohibition on accepting foreign contributions under section 3: salary or remuneration, ordinary-course business payments from foreign sources, payments in international trade or business conducted outside India, agency payments relating to transactions with government, gifts to delegation members accepted under government rules, contributions from relatives, remittances via official channels under FEMA, and scholarships or stipends. Contributions accepted for purposes outside these exceptions are deemed contraventions of section 3, and certain receipts (such as from relatives) trigger prescribed electronic reporting to the Central Government.

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