Those who confine voters to a place in order to prevent them from going to Polling Stations for purposes described above, or those who prevent voters travel from a village or quarter or neighbourhood to Polling Stations, are sentenced to prison terms for one year to four years.

If such offences also involve undue influence of civil servants or undue influence of any other person authorized somehow, the prison term cannot be less than 2 years.

(Annex paragraph by Article 27 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010)

(Amended on 13/3/2018 in accordance 1ith article 23 of Law 7102 ) Any person who illegally prevents a voter registered in the polling station voter list from entering the polling in the premises, buildings and extension of these areas, where the ballot boxes are placed or from casting his vote on election day, shall be sentenced to imprisonment from one to three years.

(Annex paragraph by Article 27 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010)

Any person who resorts to threats or coercion or violence for the purpose of preventing a voter, who is entitled to vote in the elections in his electoral district, from going to cast his vote, entering the polling station area or casting his vote, shall be sentenced to imprisonment from three to five years. In cases where such offenses are committed against more than one person, the sentence shall be increased from one third to half of the original sentence.