Article 407 Federal Criminal Code

From two hundred to four hundred days fine and imprisonment of one to nine years shall be imposed, on the public official who:

I.Obliges their subordinates, expressly and making use of their authority or hierarchy, to cast their votes in favor of a political party or candidate;

II.Conditions the provision of a public service, the compliance with programs or the carrying out of public works, in the scope of their competence, to the casting of the suffrage in favor of a political party or candidate;

III.Allocates, unlawfully, funds, property or services that they have at their disposal by virtue of their position such as vehicles, real property and equipment, to the support of a political party or of a candidate, without prejudice to the penalties that may correspond for the crime of embezzlement by public officials (peculado); or

IV.Provides support or renders some service to the political parties or to their candidates, through their subordinates, using the time corresponding to their labors, unlawfully.