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Section 127: A person who–
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(a) directly or indirectly, by the use of threat or
force, violence, sexual harassment or
otherwise, prevents the conduct of a political
meeting, procession, demonstration or other
event of a political nature or another person
from attending or participating in the meeting,
procession, demonstration or other event;
(b) creates a material disruption with the
intention of preventing a political party from
holding a public political meeting;
(c) impedes or prevents or threatens to impede
or prevent the right of a representative of a
political party to gain access, in the manner
and during the hours prescribed, to voters in
a particular area, whether public or private,
for the purposes of conducting political
canvassing or campaigning and of soliciting
membership and support;
(d) impedes or threatens to impede or prevent a
member of the Electoral Commission, a
representative of the Electoral Commission
or any other person or organisation engaged
in civic electoral education to gain access, in
the manner and during the hours prescribed,
to eligible voters in a particular area, whether
public or private, for the purpose of
conducting civic electoral education; or
(e) conducts a political party procession along
a public thoroughfare or a political party
meeting or rally in a public place otherwise
than on a date or at a time specified by the
Electoral Commission in a campaign calendar
published pursuant to this Act,
twenty million leones or to imprisonment for a term not less than five
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