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Article 137
 

Major breaches.


Imprisonment of up to four years may be imposed:    


a. if a person falsifies a declaration of support for a candidate list or presidential candidate,    
b. if a person uses coercion or violence, or threats of violence, in order to interfere with someone’s freedom to exercise their vote, either by forcing them to vote, preventing them from voting or by forcing them to vote in a manner other than they wish to,      
[c. if a person uses coercion or violence, or threats of violence, to prevent a person from standing for election or to force a person to stand for election], 1) 
[d.] 1) if a person deliberately falsifies polling, either by misplacing a ballot, altering a vote, damaging or losing a consignment of votes, producing ballot papers that closely resemble those used in polling and using them him- or herself, or giving them away so that other persons can use them, or by tampering with the result of a vote count or in another manner.    


1)Act No. 62/2023, Article 40