Section 171A of The Indian Penal Code, 1860 View Chapter 9A

'Candidate', 'Electoral right' defined.

1[For the purposes of this Chapter—

2 [(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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Footnote -

1. Ins. by Act 39 of 1920, s. 2.

2. Subs. by Act 40 of 1975, s. 9, for cl. (a).