What penalties are envisioned for offences related to electoral fraud?

.      Article 178

.      (1)  For acts of preventing theelections and voting, violating and abusing the right to vote, violating thevoter’s freedom of choice, bribing during the elections and voting, destroyingelectoral documents and committing electoral fraud, shall be punished pursuantto the provisions of the Criminal Code.

.      (2)  For the criminal acts ofparagraph 1 of this article the procedure is urgent.

 Source: OSCE Unofficial Translation of theElectoral Code of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as of 13 November2012, published in the Official Gazette 40/2006 Amendments published in theOfficial Gazette 136/2008, 44/2011 and 51/2011Corrigenda published in theOfficial Gazette 148/2008, 155/2008, 163/2008 and 142/2012(Consolidatedversion) http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF%282013%29013-e

The following articles are part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Macedonia, Official Gazette of the Republic ofMacedonia No. 62 of 19 of May, 2006,

Criminal Code (consolidated version with the amendmentsfrom March 2004, June 2006, January 2008 and September 2009)