What penalties are envisioned for offences related to electoral fraud?
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Answer
- Both fine and imprisonment
- prohibition of the right to vote and be elected for 5 -10 years if the offender is an election officer.
Source
Law n? 2012-002 of May 29, 2012 on theElectoral Code / Loi n? 2012-002 du 29 mai 2012 portant Code ?lectoral
Art. 123-140
Link : http://www.ceni-tg.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Code%20Electoral.pdf
Imprisonmentof 15 days – 3 months and a fine of 10,000–100,000 fr.
Imprisonmentof 6 months – 2 years and a fine of 25,000-250,000 fr
Imprisonment of 6 months – 1 year and prohibition of the right tovote and to be elected for 2-5 years.
Imprisonment of 1 – 5years and prohibition of the right to vote and be elected for 5 - 10 years ifthe offender is
Imprisonment of 3-5 years and fine of300,000-600,000 fr.
If this removal wascommitted by a group, imprisonment of 5 -10 years an election officer.
Comment
See the law for details on the penalties
