Section 169 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

CHAPTER IX
OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

Candidate,
electoral right
defined.

169. 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.