BNS169
BNS Section 169: Candidate, electoral right defined
Ch IX · Of Offences Relating to Elections
Gazette p.62
Verbatim · BNS169. 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.
Cite as: Section 169, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)