38. Is there a ban on vote buying?

70.1. Any entity is forbidden to take or conduct the following action or activities to entice voters from the start of the regular election year to the end of the polling:
70.1.1. to distribute cash or free goods;
70.1.2. to sell goods or things at lower rates;
70.1.3. to provide services free of charge or at lower rates;
70.1.4. to hold public sports tournament or competition, festival, performance, reception, party, banquet, paid quiz, betting, or gambling, or sponsorship thereof;
70.1.5. to arrange and allow voters to take tours inside or outside the country or allow them to take a vacation in a resort or health resort;
70.1.6. to organize any type of selection for political merit, slander or libel others, or distribute false information on the media, webpage or mobile phone message;
70.1.7. to make a contract or oral deal to give cash or good at his/her or others’ expense in the future; and
70.1.8. to make a promise to give largess or share or stock, intermediate for a job or have one to get a job and others.
Source: Article 70.1, Law on Election, 2015