Comelec releases its amended general instructions for election inspectors,"The voter's receipt is an official document or election paraphernalia."
It is now an election offense of bringing out voting receipts outside the polling precincts, the Commission on Election (Comelec) said.
"Hence, any person who takes away the voter's receipt commits an election offense punishable under Section 261 (z)(12) of the Omnibus Election Code."
Section 261(z)(12) of the Omnibus Election Code, after all, said an election offense is committed by"any person who, without legal authority, destroys, substitutes,or takes away from the possession of those having legal custody thereof, or from the place where they are legally deposited, any election form or document or ballot box which contains official ballots or other documents used in the election."
The Omnibus Election Code said any person found guilty of an election offense "shall be punished with imprisonment of not less than one year but not more than six years, and shall not be subject to probation."
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