Government-sponsored amendments to the penal code removed bribery as a prosecutable offence.
Hardliners support the incumbent while the religious conservative party backs the opposition.
More than 40 resorts will have polling stations.
The joint opposition presidential candidate is campaigning in Baa atoll.
The renewal service will resume after the September 23 election.
The presidential hopeful has transferred his company shares to his wife and children.
The man was executed two weeks ago in Idlib, a press report said.
Abdulla Fahmy said he was a sick man lacking basic medical care in prison.
There are over 600 children in the Maldives with the disorder, a doctor said.
It will now be easier for drug convicts to be pardoned.
He was offered freedom if he joined the government and a chance to leave the Maldives with his family.
A decision to keep ballot boxes on just seven Maldives resorts sparked fury.
Countries can work with 'third states' to maximise the impact of sanctions.
The son of the former strongman president has been declared a prisoner of conscience.
Cases of dengue, flu, viral fever and influenza spiked in the Maldives earlier this year.
The Maldives housing minister took a swipe at the EU for approving sanctions.
Maldives government officials could face travel bans and asset freezes.
