38. Is there a ban on vote buying?

Romania

Romania

Answer
Yes
Source

"(1) The offering or giving of money, goods or other benefits in order to determine the voter to vote or not to vote for a certain list of candidates or a particular candidate shall be punished by imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years and a ban on the exercise of certain rights.
(2) It does not fall under the category of goods provided in paragraph (1) goods of symbolic value, inscribed with the symbols of a political formation."

Source: Article 386, The Penal Code, 2009

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