Article 406 Federal Criminal Code

From one hundred to two hundred days fine and imprisonment of one to six years shall be imposed, on the party official or the candidate who:

I.Exerts pressure on the electors and induces them to abstention or to vote for a determined candidate or party inside the polling station or in the place where the electors themselves are lined up;

II.- Carries out electoral propaganda while performing their functions during the election day;

III.Removes, destroys, alters or makes improper use of electoral documents or materials;

IV.Obstructs the normal development of the voting or of the acts subsequent to it without justified cause, or for that purpose threatens or exerts physical violence on the election officials;

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

VI.Prevents with violence the installation, opening or closing of a polling station; or

VII.Obtains and uses knowingly and in their capacity as candidate, funds coming from unlawful activities for their electoral campaign.