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Section 169 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Chapter IX
Of 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.
Related Sections
- Section 105: Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder
- Section 209: Nonappearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Section 343: Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
- Section 330: House-trespass and housebreaking
- Section 206: Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding
Related Acts
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019
- National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Act, 2018
- Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022
- National Medical Commission Act, 2019
* Only for reference.