(1) Any person who enters a polling station with a visible
weapon shall be punished with a fine of 25 000 (twenty-five thousand) CFA
francs and imprisonment of from 10 (ten) days to 2 (two) months or only one of
the two penalties.
(2) The imprisonment term may be extended to 4 (four) months,
and the fine to 500 000 (five hundred thousand) if the weapon is hidden.
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In force from 8 September 2026
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