Section 170 BNS: Bribery

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Section 170 BNS | BNS 170 | BNS Section 170

170(1) BNS

Whoever—

gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person for having exercised any such right; or
accepts either for himself or for any other person any gratification as a reward for exercising any such right or for inducing or attempting to induce any other person to exercise any such right, commits the offence of bribery: Provided that a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action shall not be an offence under this section.

170(2) BNS

A person who offers, or agrees to give, or offers or attempts to procure, a gratification shall be deemed to give a gratification.

170(3) BNS

A person who obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain a gratification shall be deemed to accept a gratification, and a person who accepts a gratification as a motive for doing what he does not intend to do, or as a reward for doing what he has not done, shall be deemed to have accepted the gratification as a reward.

READ OTHER SECTIONS OF CHAPTER IX — OF OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS

Section No.	Section Title
169	Candidate, electoral right defined.
170	Bribery.
171	Undue influence at elections.
172	Personation at elections.
173	Punishment for bribery.
174	Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.
175	False statement in connection with an election.
176	Illegal payments in connection with an election.
177	Failure to keep election accounts.