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CHAPTER IXA OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

Section 171F: Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever commits the offence of undue influence or personation at an election shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year or with fine, or with both.

Now in the BNS

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

171F. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.BNS 174

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