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Article 158
 

Frauds by officers of polling stations and general counting assemblies


1 - Members of the boards of officers of polling stations or sections who wilfully note or consent to the notation of the vote of an elector who has not voted or do not make that notation with regard to an elector who has voted, who change the list that was voted for when the voting slips are read, who subtract or add votes from or to a list during the count, or who falsify the truth of the election in any way shall be punished by a prison term of between six months and two years and a fine of between twenty thousand and one hundred thousand escudos.
2 - The same penalties shall be imposed on members of a general counting assembly who commit any of the acts provided for in the previous paragraph.