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                                    Art. 279
                                
                            
                            
                                 
                    Disruption and obstruction of elections and votes Any person who by the use of violence or the threat of seriously detrimental consequences obstructs or disrupts a meeting, election or vote organised under the terms of the constitution or the law, and any person who by the use of violence or the threat of seriously detrimental consequences obstructs or disrupts the collection of signatures for or the handing-over of a petition requesting a referendum or initiative, shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty.  | 
                
