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Article 139
 

1. Any persons who steal, destroy, tear or in any way fully or partially render unusable posted election propaganda material, or make it illegible or disfigure it, or cover it with any other material in order to hide the propaganda, will be punished with coercive detention of up to six months and a fine between PTE 1,000 and PTE 10,000.


2. The acts outlined in the previous number will not be punishable if the propaganda material has been posted in the house or establishment of an individual without his/her consent or if its contents are clearly out of date.