Section in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Section 169 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

CHAPTER IX OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

Candidate, electoral right defined.

  1. 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.
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