This is, for now, the initial version of the draft law that entered the Legislative Assembly this Tuesday, 15 August.
In the articles of the law, it can also be read that the offences provided for in the draft law may be punished by a fine or judicial dissolution, with the penalty of a fine being fixed in days, at a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 1000.
Each day of fine corresponds to an amount between 100 patacas and 10,000 patacas.
The penalties applied in isolation or cumulatively may also be applied ancillary penalties, such as the suspension of political rights for a period of 2 to 10 years, or the deprivation of the right to subsidies or grants for a period of 1 to 5 years.
The justification note states that this draft law will introduce a mechanism to ensure the proper functioning of the capacity verification process and the improvement of the sanctioning rule in relation to the irregular disclosure of poll results “by extending the scope of application of sanctions to any person or entity”.
In addition, it is stated in the draft law that acts outside the MSAR will be criminalised, such as the use of coercion and fraudulent devices to influence the election, public incitement not to vote, voting blank or null and electoral corruption.
