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Article 148
 

Crimes on electoral roll, voters lists and other documents:


(Change: 17/5/1979 - 2234/1 art.)


 (Changed first clause: 23/1/2008-5728/296 art.) Those who arrange partially or totally false electoral registries, steal, disturb or terminate electoral registries, provisions related with forgery of documents defined in Turkish Penal Code are increased in half amount.  


 Those who steal, disturb or terminate or damage the documents related with electoral roll or voters lists, are sentenced with similar sentences. 


 Those who exercise above mentioned actions on any documents of voters proving their identities in order to hinder exercising their voting rights, are sentenced to six months to two years in prison.


 In case the voter manages to prove his identity and exercises his voting right, then the above mentioned sentences are halved.