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Section 202 – Public Servant Unlawfully Engaging in Trade | Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Chapter XII – Of Offences by Public Servants

202. Public Servant Unlawfully Engaging in Trade

Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant not to engage in trade, engages in trade, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both or with community service.