(1) Except as provided in subarticle (2) it shall not be lawful for any person, at any time in contemplation or in anticipation of an election, to display or cause to be displayed in a public place, or in a place accessible to the public or visible from any public place, any bill, poster or other advertisement intended or likely to influence voters in the exercise of the franchise, or to write or make or cause to be written or made on any wall or other place visible from a public place any word or sign intended or likely to influence voters in the exercise of the franchise.

(2) The provisions of subarticle (1) shall not apply to any bill, poster or other advertisement which-

(a) is worn or carried by a person; or

(b) which is displayed on the inside of a private building even though it may be visible from apublic place;

(c) is displayed on a duly authorised billboard; and

(d) is displayed on a duly authorised streamer.

(3) Any person acting in contravention of any of the foregoing provisions of this article shall be liable on conviction in respect of each offence to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69) or to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months, and in respect of any second or subsequent offence to both such fine and imprisonment.

(4) It shall be the duty of the Police to remove or otherwise cancel or delete anything displayed, written or made in contravention of any of the provisions of sub article(1).