The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

CHAPTER VIII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE

Section 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.

About The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

An Act to consolidate and amend the provisions relating to offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.