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Article 39
 

Regional, Minsk City territorial commissions for elections to the House of Representatives:


1) organize the holding of elections of deputies of the House of Representatives and exercise control over compliance with the requirements of this Code and other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus on elections in the territory of the region, city of Minsk;


2) govern activities of circuit and precinct electoral commissions;


3) hear information of the officials (workers) of the local executive and administrative bodies and organizations on the issues connected with the preparation and the holding of elections;


4) exercise control over the observance of equal legal conditions for election activities of the candidates for deputies;


5) control over the compilation of the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in the elections and the submission of them for familiarization;


6) dispose of monetary funds allocated for the preparation and holding of elections; distribute a part of those funds among lower electoral commissions and exercise control over target use of the allocated funds; control over the provision to the lower commissions with premises, transport and communication facilities, and consider other issues of provision of material, technical and organizational facilities for support of the holding of elections;


7) exercise control over receipt and use of means of the electoral funds of candidates for deputies;


8) consider applications and complaints against decisions and actions of circuit and precinct electoral commissions;


9) submit to the Central Commission protocols of circuit electoral commissions on the registration of candidates for deputies in electoral circuits formed in the regions, the city of Minsk;


10) control the printing of ballots for the elections of deputies of the House of Representatives and the provision therewith to the precinct electoral commissions;


11) establish the results of elections of deputies of the House of Representatives in the territory of the region, city of Minsk, submit to the Central Commission protocols of circuit electoral commissions on the results of elections in the electoral circuits;


12) organize the repeated election and the election of deputies to replace the withdrawn deputies;


13) exercise other powers in accordance with this Code and other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus.


Powers of regional and Minsk city territorial electoral commissions on elections of deputies of the House of Representatives are terminated in one month after the elections.