Persons who dismiss or threaten to dismiss anyone from their job, prevent or threaten to prevent anyone from obtaining employment, apply or threaten to apply any other sanction so that s/he will or will not vote, or because s/he voted or did not vote for a given list or because s/he abstained or did not take part in the election campaign will be punished with coercive detention of up to two years and a fine between PTE 5,000 and PTE 20,000, without prejudice to the nullity of the sanction and automatic readmission of the employee to his/her job, if dismissal was effected.