What penalties are envisioned for offences related to obstructing the electoral process?
Sri Lanka
- Both fine and imprisonment
- Become incapable of being registered as an elector or of voting at an election under this Act, or of being elected to the office of President (see the law for details)
Parliamentary Elections Act, No.1 of 1981
Source:
http://www.ifes.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Election%20Law/1981/IFES_18/EL00120.pdf
imprisonment ofeither description for a term not exceeding two years and shall, by conviction,become incapable, for a period of seven years from the date of his conviction,of being registered as an elector or of voting at an election under this Act,or of being elected to the office of President
a fine not exceedingone hundred rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term notexceeding one month or to both such fine and imprisonment