38. Is there a ban on vote buying?

'Art. 328: Offering or giving money or material goods, making promises of employment or other favours in any form, in order to get signatures to field a candidate, vote in a certain way, or participate or not participate in voting, constitutes criminal contravention and is punishable by imprisonment of six months to two years.
Accepting money, material goods, promises and other favours in exchange for the performance of the acts mentioned above, constitutes criminal contravention and is punishable by a fine.' (Source: Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania, No 7895/1995, (Source: Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania, No 7895/1995, Compilation date: 06.11.2015).

Vote buying entails criminal liability