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Article 90
 

Act No. 99/1963 Sb., Code of Civil procedure, as worded by Act No. 36/1967 Sb., Act No. 158/1969 Sb., Act No. 49/1973 Sb., Act No. 20/1975 Sb., Act No.133/1982 Sb., Act No. 180/1990 Sb., Act No. 328/1991 Sb., Act No. 519/1991 Sb., Act No. 263/1992 Sb., Act of the Czech National Council No. 24/1993 Sb., Act No. 171/1993 Sb., Act No. 117/1994 Sb., Act No. 152/1994 Sb., Act No.216/1994 Sb., Act No. 84/1995 Sb., Act No. 118/1995 Sb., and Act No. 160/1995 Sb. shall hereby be amended as follows:

1.Articles 200f and 200g shall hereby be omitted, inclusive of their titles.

2.Article 200j, Paragraphs 1 and 4 shall read as follows:

"(1) Should a relevant body of State administration fail to remove deficiencies or errors from the Permanent Electoral Roll or from the Registers of Persons Unable to Vote Locally on its own initiative, the Citizen thereby affected may resort to a court with the venue jurisdiction, and motion that a decision is delivered, ruling an amendment or supplement be made to the register in question.

(4) District courts shall be the courts with the venue jurisdiction in regard to proceedings on errors and deficiencies in Permanent Electoral Rolls and Registers of Persons Unable to Vote Locally.".

3.Article 200l shall be succeeded by Articles 200m and 200n which including their title and Footnote No. 34d) shall have the following wording:

"Proceedings in Respect of Election-Related Matters

Article 200m

(1) If an election board specified in a separate Act 34d) as the authority endowed with powers to render a final decision, has decided to:

34d) Act No. 247/1995 Sb., on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic, and on Amendments to Certain Other Acts

(a) reject a list of candidates running for election to the Chamber of Delegates, the political party, political movement or coalition which has filed the list of candidates may refer the matter to a court of justice, and motion that a decision is delivered, ruling that the list of candidates be registered;

(b) remove a candidate from a list of candidates running for election to the Chamber of Delegates, the political party, political movement or coalition which has filed the list of candidates may refer the matter to a court of justice, and motion that a decision is delivered, ruling that the candidate be retained;

(c) reject an application for registration of a candidate running for election to the Senate, the applicant may refer the matter to a court of justice, and motion that a decision is delivered, ruling that the candidate be registered.

2) the election board in question and the petitioner shall be the parties to such proceedings.

(3) the resolution of the court shall be delivered within three days without the court calling a hearing.

(4) There is no right of appeal against the decision of the court.

Article 90

(1) A complaint against the issuance of Confirmation of Election to a candidate elected a Delegate or a Senator 34e) shall be decided by the court without the court calling a hearing no later than the tenth day of the complaint. 34e) Act No. 247/1995 Sb., on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic, and on Amendments to Certain Other Acts

(2) The petitioner, the election board in question, and the Delegate or Senator whose Confirmation of Election is contested shall be the parties to such proceedings.

(3) There is no right of appeal against the decision of the court.