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BNSChapter IXSection 169
Section169

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.

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IX

Chapter IX

Of Offences Relating To Elections

In this chapter

  • 169Candidate, electoral right defined
  • 170Bribery
  • 171Undue influence at elections
  • 172Personation at elections
  • 173Punishment for bribery
  • 174Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election
  • 175False statement in connection with an election
  • 176Illegal payments in connection with an election
  • 177Failure to keep election accounts
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