Article 239: Any person who, being in charge in a ballot of receiving, counting or tallying the ballot papers containing the votes, removes, adds or alters ballot papers, or reads a name other than the one entered, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 francs.. Any other person guilty of the facts set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be punished by imprisonment of six months to two years and a fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 francs. Article 240: Anyone who enters a polling station with a weapon, without legitimate reason, shall be punished by imprisonment of fifteen days to three months. Article 241: Anyone who, by means of false news, slanderous rumors, fraudulent tactics, abuse of authority, gifts or promises, deceives or diverts votes or causes one or more voters to abstain from voting, shall be punished by imprisonment of between one month and one year and a fine of between 100,000 and 1,000,000 francs.. Article 242: When, by assembling, shouting, threatening demonstration or violent intrusion, the electoral processes, the exercise of the electoral right or the freedom to vote are undermined, the convicts shall be punished by imprisonment of three months to two years and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs. If the offenders are carrying weapons or if the ballot has been tampered with, the penalty is increased to five years. If the acts were committed as a result of a plan agreed on to be carried out in one or more counties, the penalty is imprisonment for five to twenty years. Article 243: Persons who, during the electoral operations, are guilty of insults or violence either towards the polling station or towards one of its members, or who, by assault or threats, have delayed or prevented the electoral operations, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of one month to one year and a fine of 100.000 to 1.000.000 francs. If the ballot has been tampered with, the imprisonment is from one to five years and the fine from 200,000 to 2,000,000 francs. The tampering with the ballot committed either by the members of the polling station, or by the agents of the authority in charge taking care of the not yet counted ballot papers shall be punished by imprisonment from two to ten years. Article 244: Any person who removes or destroys the ballot box containing the votes that are not yet counted shall be punished by imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of 200,000 to 2,000,000 francs. If this removal or destruction is carried out with violence, the penalty is doubled.