The following actions shall be considered as criminal offences, for which criminal sanctions shall be applicable according to the Criminal Code's provisions:
hindrance of free exercise of the citizens’ rights to elect and be elected, same perpetration joined by the cause of severe bodily injuries and jeopardizing of human lives;
falsification by any means the results of elections;
opening the ballot boxes before the term established by law for the end of voting;
assault of the polling stations’ premises, stilling of the ballot boxes or the electoral documents.
The criminal cases concerning the offences provided in Paragraph (1) shall be dealt by the prosecution authorities.
The chairmen of the electoral authorities and other officials shall be bound to inform immediately the prosecution authorities about the actions which, in their view, comprise the elements of the criminal offences related to elections and which became known to them.
[Paragraph 3, article 70 as amended by the Law no.268-XIV from 04.02.1999]
