BNS 203 — Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

203. Whoever,  being  a  public  servant,  and  being  legally  bound  as
such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property, purchases
or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another,
or  jointly,  or  in  shares  with  others,  shall  be  punished  with  simple
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or
with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.
Personating a public servant.

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