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Article 171
 

171.1. in accordance with Article 86 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the returns of elections shall be checked and approved by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan.


171.2. The Central Election Commission shall check protocols of Constituency Election Commissions, as well as documents attached to the protocols in accordance with this Code, at the latest 20 days after Election Day, and then submit them to the Constitutional Court within 24 hours.


171.3. Within 10 days of receiving the aforementioned documents, the Constitutional Court shall involve relevant specialists to check the documents meet the requirements of this Code. The Constitutional Court may, upon its own decision, prolong the period if the checking process if so required.


171.4. if the protocols of the Constituency Election Commissions meet the requirements of this Code, then the Constitutional Court shall approve the results of elections. Such resolution of the Constitutional Court shall be final.


171.5. if the results of elections are not completely approved, the Constitutional Court shall adopt a decision about the issue and new elections shall be assigned in accordance with Article 145 of this Code.