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The Penal Code, 1860

Section 171A“Candidate”, “Electoral right” defined

In forceChapter IXA OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

Chapter IXA OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

s. 171A

171A. “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 and includes a person who, when an election is in contemplation, holds himself out as a prospective candidate thereat; provided that he is subsequently nominated as a candidate at such 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.

End of s. 171A.

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