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Article 449
 

1. The following constitute violations to this Law by the authorities or public servants, according to the case, by any of the Branches of Government; by the local authorities; municipal government bodies; government bodies of the Federal District; autonomous bodies, or any other public entity:


a) The omission of or the incompliance with the obligation to collaborate and assist or to provide, in due time and form, the information requested from them by the bodies of Institute or of the Local Public Bodies;


b) The dissemination, by any means, of government propaganda within the period beginning at the start of the electoral campaigns and ending after the Election Day, with the exception of the information relating to educational and health services, or the necessary information for civil protection in cases of emergency;


c) The incompliance with the principle of impartiality established by article 134 of the Constitution, when such conduct affects the fairness of the competition between the political parties, or between the applicants, pre-candidates and candidates during the electoral processes;


d) During the electoral processes, the dissemination of propaganda in any media which contravenes the provisions of the eighth paragraph of article 134 of the Constitution;


e) The use of social programs and of their resources of the federal, state, or local level or of the Federal District, in order to induce or coerce the Citizens to vote for or against any political party or candidate, and


f) The incompliance with any of the provisions contained in this Law.