The IPC 1860 was replaced by the BNS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 171A — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 358, BNS 2023).
For the purposes of this Chapter - [(a) "Candidate" means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at an 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 any election. Substituted by Act 40 of 1975 (w.e.f. 06/08/1975).