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Article 115
 

Liability for Violation of Citizens’ Rights to Vote.

115.1.  The following persons can be subject to criminal, civil and administrative liabilities in conformity with the Criminal Code, Civil Code and the Code of Administrative Offences of the Azerbaijan Republic:

115.1.1.            who have obstructed the voters’ rights to elect and to be elected by use of force, deceit, intimidation;

115.1.2.            who have abused their occupation or service position as privileges for being elected;

115.1.3.            who have forced citizens to sign in support of a candidate, who have obstructed collection of signatures in support of a candidate, or who have participated in falsifying those signatures;

115.1.4.            who have won over the voters to their side, i.e. who have committed actions prohibited by Article 88.6. of this Code;

115.1.5.            who have not formalized information about registered candidates in time or who have done so inaccurately;

115.1.6.            who have intentionally disseminated misinformation about candidates or who have impugned the honor and dignity of the candidate (this provision cannot serve as a ground for restricting the freedom of expression and thought, provided for in the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan);

115.1.7 who have violated rights of commission members, observers, agents, authorized representatives of candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, referendum campaigning groups, representatives of mass media, including those who have violated rights to obtain copies of election documents and information and other rights regarding verification of election documents;

115.1.8.            who have violated rules for election campaigning, including those who have conducted election campaign a day prior to election day or on voting day;

115.1.9.            who have produced and distributed commercial or other advertisements which violates the regulations stipulated by this Code, or those who have rendered charitable assistance;

115.1.10.         who have violated rules for financing election campaign defined by this Code;

115.1.11.         who have hidden remaining ballot papers or those who have produced additional issues of ballot papers which were not registered by the election commission and of voting cards;

115.1.12.         who have obstructed the election commission’s work or those who have illegally interfered with performance of functions of commission members;

115.1.13.         who have obstructed voting in the precincts;

115.1.14.         who have violated the secrecy of voting;

115.1.15.         who have forced voters to vote against voters’ choice;

115.1.16.         who have falsified election documents, produced and presented fake documents (including ballot stuffing), miscounted votes or those who have not submitted or published election results intentionally;

115.1.17.         who have violated citizens’ rights to become familiar with voters lists;

115.1.18.         who have issued ballot papers to citizens with a purpose to created conditions for them to vote for others, who have issued ready-marked ballot papers or those who have created conditions to receive more than one ballot paper;

115.1.19.         who have not submitted or published report on expenditure of funds allocated for preparation and conduct of elections or financial report of candidates, registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties and referendum campaigning groups;

115.1.20.         employers who have not provided employees with leave with in respect of participation in elections, in circumstances considered by this Code;

115.1.21.         state officials who have not investigated information about violation of this Code provided by the election commissions.