Act Number: 45

Act Name: The Indian Penal Code, 1860

Year: 1860

Enactment Date: 1860-10-06

Long Title: It is expedient to provide a general Penal Code forindia;

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 171A: "Candidate", "Electoral right" defined.
    1[For the purposes of this Chapter—
    2 [(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.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 39 of 1920, s. 2.
2. Subs. by Act 40 of 1975, s. 9, for cl. (a).
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