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Article 26
 

Oversight and Audit Service

 

On the day the election date is announced, the Central Electoral Commission shall set up an Oversight and Audit Service within the Commission to oversee the use of means allocated to electoral commissions for organization and conduct of national elections and to monitor the contributions to pre-election funds, their accounting and use. Relevant specialists may be involved in the work of the Service on contractual basis.

Once the Oversight and Audit Service receives declarations of candidates, parties and party alliances about the use of the means in their pre-election funds from electoral commission that had registered them, as stipulated in Article 25, Paragraph 11 of this Code, it shall check them within 20 days and forward the materials to the Central Electoral Commission for discussion. Materials about violations discovered as a result of these discussions shall be sent to a court of the first instance within three days, pursuant to a decision by the Central Electoral Commission. The procedures for formation and operation of the Oversight and Audit Service shall be established by the Central Electoral Commission. The authority of the Oversight and Audit Service shall be terminated on the 45th day after the announcement of the final results of elections.