This section covers unlawfully engaging in trade in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 202 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, unlawfully engaging in trade was covered in S. 168*.