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Article 23
 

Term of Authority of Election Commissions.

23.1     The term of election commissions’ authority shall be 5 years.

23.2     If the right of citizens to participate in election and referendum was violated by a lower election commission and as a result of such actions the Central Election Commission (or a court) annulled the results of voting in the relevant territory, the Central Election Commission can dissolve this lower election commission. Complaints on decision of the Central Election Commission can be filed with the Court of Appeal of Azerbaijan Republic. The complaint shall be accepted immediately for consideration and a relevant decision shall be made not later than 3 days. Not later than a week after coming into force of a decision of the Court of Appeal of Azerbaijan Republic on the issue, a relevant lower election commission should be formed in the order established in this Code.

23.3     If an election commission is dissolved and formed again as in cases mentioned in this Code, the term of authority of a newly formed election commission shall be limited to the terms of authority of the old one.