INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
169. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property
203. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
169. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.--
Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such
public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property, purchases
or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of
another, or jointly, or in shares with others, shall be punished with
simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with
fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be
confiscated.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
203. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.—Whoever, being a public
servant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property,
purchases or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or in
shares with others, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two
years, or with fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023