Ofoffences By Or Relating To Public Servants
IPC Section 169 - Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 169 deals with public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.
Full official legal text
169. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property. Whoever, being a public servant,
and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property, purchases or
bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or in shares with
others, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with
fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.
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