Section 169

Candidate, electoral right defined.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

  • Act 45 of 2023
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the provisions relating to offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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Chapter IX: Of offences relating to elections Sections 169 to 177

    For the purposes of this Chapter—
    (a) “candidate” means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election;
    (b) “electoral right” means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate or to vote or refrain from voting at an election.

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