BNS 169 — Candidate, electoral right defined.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

169. 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.
Bribery.

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