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In September, the National Assembly adopted amendments to the Criminal Code which envisage tougher sanctions against election offenses.

According to the police report, the following penalties have been determined:
- To receive or demand election bribe - a fine of 500,000 to 700,000 AMD or 1 to 3 years imprisonment.
- For giving or offering election bribe – a fine of 2.500.000 to 3.000.000 AMD or 2 to 6 years of imprisonment.
- To vote more than once or instead of another person - 2 to 6 years of imprisonment.
- Falsifying election results in any way (including falsification of votes of the candidates) - 3 to 8 years of imprisonment.

The police have the right to use all legitimate means of intelligence (eg wiretapping, internal watch) to detect those crimes.