SECTION 122 — Electoral Fraud

(1)Whoever a) registers on electoral registers using a false identity or who, during registration, conceals the fact that he has been: - convicted for an offence, even in default ; - sentenced to an imprisonment term of more than 3 (three) months without suspension; - sentenced to an imprisonment term of more than 6 (six) months with suspension or probation; - the subject of an arrest warrant; - bankrupt, not rehabilitated and whose bankruptcy has been declared either by a Cameroonian court or by a judgment rendered abroad and enforceable in Cameroon; b) through false statements or certificates, registers himself unduly on an electoral register or who, through the same means, unduly registers or cancels the name of a citizen ; c) upon losing his right to vote, participates in the poll ; d) votes, either by virtue of a false registration or by using the name and capacity of other registered voters ; e) votes several times, following multiple registrations ; f) charged during an election with receiving and counting the vote of citizens, subtracts, adds or modifies the ballot papers or includes a name that is not registered ; g) through false information, slanderous statements or any other fraudulent acts, cancels or diverts votes or causes one or several voters to abstain from the vote ; h) before or after the poll, failing to comply with legislative or regulatory provisions or through any other fraudulent act violates secrecy of the poll, prejudices its fairness, breaches the conduct of the poll and modifies the results thereof ; i) is found guilty of fraudulent acts in the issuance or production of certificates of registration or striking off from electoral registers ; j) uses personal data contained in the electoral register for purposes other than elections ; k) on polling day, with or without violence, is found to be the author or an accessory of the stealing of a ballot box or any other election material, shall be punished with imprisonment of from 3 (three) months to 2 (two) years or a fine of from CFAF 50 000 (fifty) to CFAF 500 000 (five hundred thousand) or with both such imprisonment and fine; (2) Where the author of the offence or his accessory is a public servant, as defined under Section 131 of this Code, he shall be liable to imprisonment of from 1 (one) to 5 (five) years.