Section 169 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) of 2023

Section 169 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) of 2023

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.