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without hard labor for not less than six months and not more than three years. Whoever has knowingly joined such a crowd to add to its influence shall be liable to minor confinement without hard labor for not less than fifteen days and not more than three months.

When the offender has carried any of the articles mentioned in Article XCIII, one degree shall be added to the principal punishment.

Article XCIII.—When an elector, a person who has offered himself for election, or a canvasser carries, in connection with election, fire-arms, spear or halberd, sword or dagger, pointed bamboo, bludgeon, or other weapons capable of killing or injuring persons, he shall be liable to minor confinement without hard labor for not less than two years or to a fine of not less than five yen and of not more than two hundred yen.

A police official or gendarme may, whenever it is judged necessary, seize any of the articles mentioned in the foregoing clause.

Article XCIV.—Whoever enters a place of election meeting, counting place, or voting place carrying any of the articles mentioned in the preceding article shall be liable to be dealt with according to the provisions of the foregoing article, with one degree added to the punishment.

Article XCV.—Whoever, for the purpose of making a display in connection with an election, assemblies a crowd, causes a procession to parade, or makes use of fire-works, bonfires or torch-lights; or beats a bell or drum or sounds a conch or bugle; or makes use of a flag or a similar object of display; or commits similar acts disregarding the warning of police officials, shall be liable to minor confinement for not less than fifteen days and not more than six months, or to a fine of not less than five yen and not more than one hundred yen.

Article XCVI.—Whoever, with the object of making other percommit any of the acts mentioned in Articles LXXXIX to XCV, instigates them by means of speeches, newspapers, magazines, circulars, placards or in any other form, shall be liable to be dealt with according to the provisions of the respective Articles. In the case of a newspaper or a magazine the person registered as editor shall be dealt with.

Article XCVII.—Whoever, with the object of preventing the election of another person, has published false information against a person who has offered himself for election, by means of speeches, newspapers, magazines, circulars, placards or by any other means