Of Offences Relating To Elections
BNS Section 169 - Candidate, electoral right defined
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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.