BNS Section 202 — Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade
Section 202 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
202. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.—Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant not to engage in trade, engages in trade, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both or with community service. ¶
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