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Section 177 BNS — Failure to keep election accounts

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 52

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177.Whoever being required by any law for the time being in force or any rule having the force of law to keep accounts of expenses incurred at or in connection with an election fails to keep such accounts shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

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