Legal sanctions for non-compliance

Gender quota. … Paragraph I.- The Central Electoral Board and the electoral boards will not admit a list of candidates for popularly elected positions that contain less than forty percent (40%) and more than sixty percent (60%) of men and women. Paragraph II.- In cases where these obligations are not met, the Central Electoral Board and the electoral boards will return the list to the corresponding party, group or political movement, so that within a period of no more than seventy-two hours they comply with the law, otherwise, applications to political parties, groups and movements will not be accepted in electoral districts where this legal requirement has not been met, and the presentation of candidates by the party, group or political movement in that district will be declared void (Article 53)