Section 23Sec./Art. 23

Election Offenses. In addition to those enumerated in Section 261 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, the following acts shall be penalized as election offenses, whether or not said acts effect the electoral process or results:

a) Utilizing without authorization, tampering with, destroying or stealing. 1) official ballots, election returns, statement of votes and certificates of canvass of votes used in the System; and

2) electronic devices or their components, peripherals or supplies used in the System, such as: counting machine, memory pack/diskette, memory pack receiver, tape printout, and computer set;

b) Interfering with, impending, absconding for purposes of gain or preventing the installation or use of computer counting devices and the processing, storage, generation and transmission of election results, data or information; and

c) Gaining or causing access to, using, altering, destroying, or disclosing any computer data, program, system software, network, or any computer-related devices, facilities, hardware or equipment, whether classified or declassified.