What penalties are envisioned for offences related to incentive driven voter coercion?
Belgium
CODEELECTORAL - 12 AVRIL 1894
16 April 1894, lastupdate 22 August 2012
Art. 181. [Sera puni d'un emprisonnement der huitjours ? un mois et d'une amende de 50 ? 500 euro, ou d'une de ces peinesseulement, quiconque aura, directement ou indirectement, m?me sous forme depari, donn?, offert ou promis soit de l'argent, des valeurs ou avantagesquelconques, soit des secours, sous la condition d'obtenir soit un suffrage,soit l'abstention de voter, soit la procuration pr?vue ? [l'article 147bis] ouen subordonnant les avantages d?crits au r?sultat de l'?lection.]
Serontpunis des m?mes peines, ceux qui auront accept? les offres ou promesses.
Art. 181. [It shall be punished with eight days toone month imprisonment and a fine of 50 to 500 euro, or to one of thesepenalties, any person who, directly or indirectly, even as a bet, gift, offeror promise of money, or values ??or benefits, seeks to obtain either the voteor the absention, or the proxy voting regulated in Article 147bis or bysubordinating the benefits described as outcome of the election.]
Those who accept such offers or promises shall bepunished the same way.
Art. 182.Seront punis des peines port?es en l'article pr?c?dent, ceux qui, sous lesconditions y ?nonc?es, auront fait ou accept? l'offre ou la promesse d'emploispublics ou priv?s.
Art. 182. The same penaltes lay in the previousarticle will be applied to those who, under the conditions set therein, havemade or accepted the offer or promise of public and private jobs.
Art. 184. Sera puni d'une amende de 26 ? 200 euro,celui qui, sous pr?texte d'indemnit? de voyage ou de s?jour, aura donn?, offertou promis aux ?lecteurs une somme d'argent ou des valeurs quelconques.
Lam?me peine sera appliques ? ceux qui, ? l'occasion d'une ?lection, aurontdonn?, offert ou promis aux ?lecteurs des comestibles ou des boissons.
Lam?me peine sera aussi appliqu?e ? l'?lecteur qui aura accept? des dons, offresou promesses.
Lesaubergistes, d?bitants de boissons ou autres commer?ants ne seront pasrecevables ? r?clamer en justice le payement des d?penses de consommationfaites ? l'occasion des ?lections.
Art. 184. It shall be punished with a fine of 26 to200 euro, those who, under the pretext of travel allowance or residence, hasgiven, offered or promised voters a sum of money or any value.
The same penalty shall be applied tothose who, during an election, gives, offers or promised voters foods ordrinks.
The same penalty will also be appliedto the voter who accepts gifts, offers or promises.
The innkeepers, drinks sellers andother traders will be ineligible to sue for payment of consumer spending made??during the elections.
Art. 187. Tout membre au employ? d'une commissiond'assistance ou d'un comit? de charit?, tout membre ou employ? d'uneadministration charitable publique qui aura, soit directement, soitindirectement, offert, promis ou donn? des secours permanents, temporaires ouextraordinaires ? un ou plusieurs indigents, sous la condition d'obtenir unsuffrage ou l'abstention de voter, [sera puni d'un emprisonnement de huit jours? un mois et d'une amende de 50 ? 500 euro].
Ilen sera de m?me desdits membres ou employ?s qui auront refus? ou suspendu toutoctroi des ces secours par le motif que l'indigent n'aurait pas consenti ?laisser influencer son vote ou ? s'abstenir de voter.
Quiconquer?clamera des secours ou une augmentation de secours, sous la menace de voterdans un sens d?termin?, sera puni d'un emprisonnement de huit jours ? troismois.
Art. 187. Any member or employee of an assistancecommittee or a charity committee, any member or employee of a public charitableadministration that, either directly or indirectly, offered, promised or givenpermanent, temporary or special relief to one or more needy people, with theintension of obtaining a vote or refrain someone from voting, [shall bepunished with imprisonment from eight days to one month and a fine of 50 to 500euro].
It will be the same such members oremployees who refuse or suspend any granting of such relief on the ground thatthe needy would not have agreed to let influence his vote or abstain fromvoting.
Whoever will call for help or increasedaid, under the threat of vote in a particular way, shall be punished withimprisonment from eight days to three months.
Art. 188. Quiconqueaura engag?, r?uni ou apost? des individus, m?me non arm?s, de mani?re ?intimider les ?lecteurs ou ? troubler l'ordre, sera puni d'un emprisonnement dequinze jours ? un mois et d'une amende de 26 ? 500 euro.
Ceuxqui auront fait partie sciemment de bandes ou groupes ainsi organis?s serontpunis d'un emprisonnement de huit ? quinze jours en d'une amende de 26 ? 200euro.
Art. 188. Whoever committed or suborned individuals,even unarmed, in order to intimidate voters or disrupt order, shall be punishedwith imprisonment of fifteen days to one month and a fine of 26 to 500 euro.
Those who knowingly were part oforganized gangs or groups will be punished by imprisonment of eight to fifteendays to a fine of 26 to 200 euro.
Art. 189. Ceux qui, par attroupement, violences oumenaces, auront emp?ch? un ou plusieurs citoyens d'exercer leurs droitspolitiques, seront punis d'un emprisonnement de quinze jours ? un an et d'uneamende de 26 ? 1 000 euro.
Art. 189. Those who, by routing, violence or threats,have prevented one or more citizens to exercise their political rights, shallbe punished with imprisonment of fifteen days to one year and a fine from 26 to1000 euro.
Art. 192. It shall be punished as perpetrators thosewho directly incited to commit the deeds previewed ??under Articles 189 and190, either by the use of gifts, promises, threats, abuse the authority orpower, scheming or contrivance, either by speeched held or by uttering inpublic places or meetings, or by displaying posters, either printed orunwritten, and sold or distributed.
