The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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.
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Replaces
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 171A
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