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CHAPTER IX OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

Section 169: Candidate, electoral right defined

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

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.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. Under Section 169(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 'electoral right' means the right of a person:

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