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18Violation of freedom of choice in votingArticle 53(1) Whoever, by means of force or a serious threat, bribery or in any other illegal manner,forces another person or influences him to exercise or not exercise his elective franchise or tovote for or against a particular candidate or a proposal at elections, during voting on revocation orat a referendum, shall be punished with up to one year of imprisonment.(2) If the act from Para 1 of this Article is committed by a member of a voting committee orby any other person who is performing electoral duties or duties pertaining to voting shall bepunished with three months to three years of imprisonment.(3) Whoever, after the elections, voting on revocation or a referendum, holds a voterresponsible for voting at his own discretion or requests him to state for whom he voted or why hedid not vote, shall be fined or punished with up to one year of imprisonment.Abuse of elective franchiseArticle 54Whoever, at elections, while voting on revocation or at a referendum, votes instead ofanother person under this person’s name or votes more than once during the same elections orvoting shall be fined or punished with up to one year of imprisonment.Violation of secrecy of voteArticle 55(1) Whoever, during the elections, voting on revocation or a referendum, violates thesecrecy of vote shall be fined or punished with up to six months of imprisonment.(2) If the act from Para 1 of this Article is committed by a member of a voting committeeor by any other person who is performing electoral duties or duties pertaining to voting shall bepunished with up to three years of imprisonment.Forgery of election or voting resultsArticle 56A member of a voting committee, electoral commission, committee in charge of holding areferendum or any other person performing electoral duties or duties pertaining to voting, whoduring the elections, voting on revocation or a referendum changes a number of votes by addingor subtracting ballots or votes at counting or announces election or voting results which do notcorrespond with voting, shall be punished with up to three years of imprisonment.