Which types of election-related misconducts are regarded as criminal offences?
South Sudan
Answer
- Electoral fraud
- Incentive driven voter coercion
- Threat driven voter coercion
- Obstructing the electoral process
- Unlawful conduct of campaign financing
Source
The National Elections Act (Act Number 39of 2012)
July ,2012
Art. 131 Bribery
Art. 132 Undue influence
Art. 134 Obstruction of Election Officials
Art. 135 Impersonation
Art. 136 Infringement of secrecy of the ballot
Art. 137 Obstruction of participants in an election or areferendum
Art. 138 False statement or defamation
Art. 139 Failure to make a return
Art. 140 Misuse of state resources
Art. 141 Prohibited activities in an election or referendum
143.Failure to Abide by Campaign Funding Requirements
144. OffencesDuring Voting
145.OffencesDuring the Sorting, Counting and Aggregation of Results
146.Punishment under this Chapter
156. Punishments
http://mojss.org/Acts/2012/National%20Elections%20Act,%202012/files/res/downloads/book.pdf
