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ARTICLE 141
 

Meetings in clubs or enclosed spaces


Duly registered political parties can hold meetings in their clubs or on their premises but shall refrain from diseeminating election propaganda or speeches outside the premises at the same time, at their doors or surroundings, whether aloud or using loudspeakers, radios or other instruments.


Licensing of premises for the use of political parties shall be mandatory and must be requested in writing from the cantonal police station whose decision can be appealed to the TSE. Registrations of clubs less than one hundred meters away from another registered club shall not be approved.


Within the two months prior to the elections, only parties with registered candidacies can request the registration of new premises.


Operation of premises in a manner contrary to law shall oblige the corresponding police authority to close them immediately.