Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 169
Candidate, electoral right defined
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BNS Section 169 deals with candidate, electoral right defined and replaces IPC 171A.
Bare act text — BNS 169
169. 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.
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What was BNS Section 169 in the IPC?
BNS Section 169 (Candidate, electoral right defined) replaces Section 171A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC 171A is now BNS 169.
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