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Article 233
 

233.1. if there is no money, or there is a shortage of money, in the election fund, municipal money shall be returned by the registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, and the cost of allocated free airtime and space in periodicals be reimbursed by political parties and blocs of political parties, at the expense of the candidates, political parties, or blocs of political parties.


233.2. if a bloc of political parties is responsible for returning municipality money allocated for payment of free airtime and print-space, the money to be returned shall be proportionally distributed among the political parties included in the bloc before Voting Day, unless otherwise is established in the joint decision on creation of the bloc of political parties and submitted to the Central Election Commission.


233.3. if a registered candidate who is not considered by Article 230 of this Code undertakes to submit a final financial report and to return the funds in conformity with this Code, he/she may return funds of municipal budget to the municipal account, within 6 months of voting day. 


233.4. Before the submission of the final financial report, the political parties, or blocs of political parties, not considered by Article 230 of this Code and who do not fulfil requirements of Article 230 of this Code but undertake obligations before TV and Radio companies, or periodicals to repay the relevant amount of monetary funds, may be provided with a prolongation of a period of 6 months starting from Voting Day to pay the amounts of municipal budgets and the cost for used free airtime and print-space.


233.5. if the obligations considered by Articles 233.3 and 233.4 of this Code are not fulfilled, and if the period mentioned in the obligations on returning the funds expires, then that money shall be returned by the court. if a registered candidate, political party or bloc of political parties not considered by Article 230 of this Code and has not fulfilled the requirements of Articles 233.3 and 233.4 of this Code, does not undertake the obligations mentioned in Articles 233.3 and 233.4 of this Code, the money shall be returned in the court prior to expiration of the period for submission of final financial report, unless the final financial report is submitted.


233.6. if a candidate or registered candidate loses his/her status, the obligations of the candidate or registered candidates under this Article shall be imposed on the person who was considered as a candidate or registered candidate. Should the candidate or registered candidate be nominated by a political party or bloc of political parties, the obligations charged by this Article to the political parties and bloc of political parties shall be imposed on the political parties including those which entered the bloc of political parties after the end of elections. 


233.7. The Central Election Commission shall provide the Constituency Election Commission with information about citizens who are considered by Article 230 of this Code and who have obligations to municipalities, within 5 days of the formation of Constituency Election Commissions and after a decision on determination of main, repeat, or by-elections is officially published.