BNS202
BNS Section 202: Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
Punishment punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both or with community service
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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 · BNS202. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.— Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant not to engage in trade, engages in trade, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both or with community service.
Cite as: Section 202, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)