BNS177
BNS Section 177: Failure to keep election accounts
Ch IX · Of Offences Relating to Elections
Gazette p.63
Punishment punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS177. Failure to keep election accounts.— Whoever being required by any law for the time being in force or any rule having the force of law to keep accounts of expenses incurred at or in connection with an election fails to keep such accounts shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.
Cite as: Section 177, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)