(Amended: 17/5/1979 - 2234/art 1)

(Amended first paragraph: by Article 308 of Law 5728 on 23 January 2008) If a board chairman or member partially or completely impedes election operations or the voting procedures by acting illegally, or in case he/she wilfully causes elections to become void, such offender is sentenced to prison terms for two years to five years.

If they fail to announce election results or to post the record or abstain from delivering the protocol copies as stated by the law, they are punished with the same penalty.