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Article 191.2 of the Criminal Code establishes responsibility for obstructing the work of election (referenda) commissions or their members. The proposed amendment adds to this provision “an intentional attempt to disrupt or falsify data of state information systems used in the electoral process”. The sanction of the current article remains unchanged: community labour of IV category, or correctional labour of III category, or a fine of IV category.14 The explanatory note accompanying the draft law explains that the amendment addresses the growing threat from cybercrime targeting information systems used in the electoral process. As such, this amendment could be a valuable tool for more effective law enforcement and prosecution.15


14 Community labour of IV category is between 100 and 120 hours for juveniles, for adults – between 280 and 360 hours; correctional labour of III category is between six and nine months for juveniles, and between two to two and a half years for adults; a fine of IV category currently amounts to between KGS 80,000 and 100,000 for juveniles and between KGS 180,000 and 220,000 for adults.
15 See also the Council of Europe’s 2001 Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.