169 bns - Candidate, electoral right defined

Section 169 : Candidate, electoral right defined - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

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.