38. Is there a ban on vote buying?

Section 90. (2),  The Criminal Law, 12 February 2015 [came into force from 19 February 2015].

Section 90. Hindrance of the Exercise of the Right to Vote, the Right to Participate in Initiation of Legislation, Initiation of National Referendums and Supporting of the European Citizens’ Initiative

(2) For a person who knowingly commits hindrance of the right to freely elect members of the parliament and to be elected or to freely participate in a national referendum organised in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Latvia, by the use of violence, fraud, threats, payoffs, or other unlawful means, the applicable punishment is deprivation of liberty for a term up to three years or temporary deprivation of liberty, or community service, or a fine.