52.1. Authorized representatives, as well as representatives responsible for financial issues, shall be appointed by the decision of a joint meeting of a political party, of political parties in a bloc, or representatives of political parties, or by the decision of the congress, conference, or meeting of a managing body of a party or bloc of political parties.

52.2. The authorized representative of a political party or bloc of political parties shall perform his/her functions on the basis of the decision mentioned in Article 52.1 of this Code. This decision shall outline the representative’s powers, and include the representative’s forename, surname, patronymic, date of birth, iD or substitute document’s serial and batch number, address of residence, workplace, occupation or official duty (type of activity if not working). of the decision regarding an authorized representative on financial issues should also contain samples of financial documents and samples of stamps for those documents.

52.3. The list of authorized representatives appointed by political parties and blocs of political parties shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission. A list of authorized representatives of political parties and blocs of political parties, excluding the authorized representatives on financial issues, shall be submitted to the Constituency Election Commission.

52.4. The list of authorized representatives of political parties and blocs of political parties should contain the following information on each authorized representative:

• name, surname, patronymic, and birth date;

• serial and batch number and date of issue of identification document or substitute document;

• address of residence;

• main workplace and position (type of activity if not working); and

• telephone number.

The written consent of each person to be an authorized representative should be attached to the list submitted to the Central Election Commission.

52.5. The authorized body of a political party or bloc of political parties may take a decision to terminate the powers of a representative, providing written notification to said representative. A copy of the decision on such termination of powers should be submitted to the Central Election Commission and Constituency Election Commissions.

52.6. Authorized representatives of political parties or blocs of political parties, who are also involved in governmental or municipality work, may not use their occupation or position during the elections processes.

52.7. The term of office of the authorized representatives of political parties or blocs of political parties shall commence from the day they are appointed and end when the candidacy status is terminated for all candidates, including those in the list put forward by political parties and blocs of political parties and no later than the day of official publishing of the general election results.