BNS Section 174 — Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election
Section 174 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
174. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.—Whoever commits the offence of undue influence or personation at an election shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year or with fine, or with both. ¶
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