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Article 49
 

Prohibition of Election Campaigning on Polling Day



1. Campaigning, regardless of its methods, forms and measures, shall be prohibited during 30 hours before the beginning of voting and on election day until the end of voting, with the exception of permanent visual campaign material placed before the election silence period. During the election silence period no visual campaigning material (with the exception of those published by the CEC) may be displayed in a polling station or within 50 meters of the building housing a polling station as well as in a building in which postal voting is carried out in post offices specially designed for voting (hereinafter: 'special post offices') in accordance with the procedure laid down by Articles 61, 62 and 63 of this Law. If campaigning for elections to the Seimas, or to the European Parliament, or municipal councils, or campaigning regarding a referendum is conducted concurrently, election campaigning shall be prohibited during 30 hours before the beginning of voting and on election day until the end of voting, under the same conditions and in accordance with the same procedure as specified in this paragraph.



2. Information about the course of elections, their importance for the life of the country, the number of voters who have come to vote, the documents necessary to have when voting, invitation to come to vote or any other information which does not urge not to participate in elections, vote for or against a candidate for President shall not be regarded as election campaigning.



3. People who violate the paragraph 1 of this Article shall be held liable under law.