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Article 145
 

Encouragement for not registering electoral roll:


Those who encourage and suggest people not to register on electoral registries, are sentenced to three months to six months in prison. 


 In case voters are not registered to electoral registries as the result of actions defined above, the responsible will be sentences six months to one year in prison.


 In case these actions are exercised by force, threat or by using power, the responsible will be sentenced twice of the penalties defined above. 


 In case these actions and behaviors are undertaken by public servants or individuals acting as public servants, additionally the provisions of article 139 are implemented.