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Act
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section number
169
Section reader
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023Chapter IXOf Offences Relating to Elections
169. Candidate, electoral right defined.
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.
