1. Any member of the electoral office of the polling station or section who fraudulently ticks off or consents the ticking off of an elector who has not yet voted, or who does not tick off an elector who voted, who exchanges the list voted for on the ballot papers, who decreases or increases the votes for a list in the vote count or who in any way falsifies the truth of the election will be punished with coercive detention from six months to two years and a fine between PTE 20,000 and 100,000.

2. The same penalties will be applied to any members of the central polling station who commit any of the acts outlined in the previous number.