BNS Section 177: Failure to keep election accounts
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 9: Of Offences Relating to Elections
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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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Other sections in this chapter
- 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