Here We Describe Section 172 BNS Act Mentions “Personation at elections” And Section 172 Is A Part Of CHAPTER IX OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS New Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Act.
Here We Also Describe Definitions Of BNS Section 172 With Explanation And Illustration OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Definition Of Section 172 BNS Act-
| “Personation at elections” | Whoever at an election applies for a voting paper on votes in the name of any other person, whether living or dead, or in a fictitious name, or who having voted once at such election applies at the same election for a voting paper in his own name, and whoever abets, procures or attempts to procure the voting by any person in any such way, commits the offence of personation at an election: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a person who has been authorised to vote as proxy for an elector under any law for the time being in force in so far as he votes as a proxy for such elector. |
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