CPF · Article 405

Article 405 Federal Criminal Code

BOOK TWO · TITLE TWENTY-FOURTH. Electoral Crimes and in matters of the National Registry of Citizens · SOLE CHAPTER

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026

From fifty to two hundred days fine and imprisonment of two to six years shall be imposed, on the electoral official who:

I.- Alters in any way, substitutes, destroys or makes improper use of documents relative to the Federal Registry of Electors;

II.Abstains from complying, without justified cause, with the obligations proper to their position, to the detriment of the electoral process;

III.- Obstructs the normal development of the voting without justified cause;

IV.Alters the electoral results, removes or destroys ballots, documents or electoral materials;

V.Does not deliver or prevents the timely delivery of electoral documents or materials, without justified cause;

VI.In exercise of their functions exerts pressure on the electors and objectively induces them to vote for a determined candidate or party, inside the polling station or in the place where the electors themselves are lined up;

VII.- On anyone who intentionally installs, opens or closes a polling station outside the times and forms provided by the law on the matter, installs it in a place other than the legally designated one, or prevents its installation;

VIII.Without cause provided by law expels or orders the removal from the electoral polling station of representatives of a political party or restricts the rights that the law grants them;

IX.Repealed.

X.Permits or tolerates that a citizen casts their vote knowing that they do not comply with the requirements of law or that one or more electoral ballots are unlawfully introduced into the ballot boxes; or

XI.Spreads, in a public and intentional manner, false news regarding the development of the electoral day or with respect to its results.

How to cite

Federal Criminal Code, Article 405. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-criminal-code/article-405/

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