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President Vladimir Putin signed a law on criminal responsibility for violations during the voting on amendments to the Constitution. Relevant document posted by on the official portal of legal information.
it is Noted that the current law extends criminal liability on violations during the nationwide voting.
In particular, the document introduces amendments to article 141 of the Criminal code “Obstructing the exercise of electoral rights or work of election committees”, article 142 “Falsification of selective documents, referendum documents”, article 142.1 “Falsification of voting results”, and article 142.2 “Illegal issuance and receipt of the ballot, ballot for voting in the referendum.”
For violation of these paragraphs, the law provides for criminal penalties of fines or imprisonment for up to 4 years.
Previously, the state Duma introduces administrative responsibility for violations during the vote on the Constitution. It was reported that she entered for failure to state media print space to inform participants of the nationwide vote. Amendments to the code of administrative offences relate to the violations in the vote count or the statutory processing of the results of voting.
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