What penalties are envisioned for offences related to incentive driven voter coercion?
Uganda
PART XI (ILLEGAL PRACTICES) & XII (OTHER ELECTIONOFFENCES) of the parliamentary Elections Act of 2005.
Art68-83
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| 68. Bribery (1) A person who, either before or during an election with intent, either directly or indirectly to influence another person to vote or to refrain from voting for any candidate, gives or provides or causes to be given or provided any money, gift or other consideration to that other person, commits the offence of bribery and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding seventy two currency points or imprisonment not exceeding three years or both. |
81. Prohibition of certain activities on pollingday
(1) Without derogation from any other provision of this Act or anyother enactment, a person shall not, within one hundred metres of any pollingstation on any polling day—
(a) canvass for votes;
(b) utter any slogan;
(c) distribute leaflets or pamphlets for or on behalf of anycandidate;
(d) organise or engage in public singing or dancing; or
(e) use any band or any musical instrument.
(2) During the hours when a polling station is open on a pollingday, a person shall not, within two hundred metres of any polling station—
(a) seek to influence, in whatever manner, any person to vote forany candidate or to ascertain for which candidate any voter intends to vote orhas voted; or
(b) sell any intoxicating liquor.
(3) A person whocontravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable, onconviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty four currency points or imprisonmentnot exceeding one year or both.
