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Article 66
 

§ 66. Amendment of Criminal Code

Section 131 of the Criminal Code (RT 1992, 20, 287 and 288; RT I 2001, 73, 452; 85, 510; 87, 526) is amended and worded as follows:

"§ 131. Prevention of exercise of right to vote

Preventing by means of violence, deceit or threat or in any other manner, an elector or voter from freely exercising his or her right to vote or to be elected as President of the Republic, a member of the Riigikogu or a member of a local government council or to vote in a referendum held pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Estonia or to campaign before an election or referendum, and buying the vote of an elector or voter is punishable by a fine or detention or up to one year imprisonment."