The circuit electoral commissions on elections of deputies of the House of Representatives and on elections of the regional Councils of Deputies and the territorial electoral commissions exercising powers of the district electoral commissions on elections to the Minsk city Council of Deputies in the districts of the city of Minsk:

1) organize the holding of elections and exercise control over fulfillment of the requirements of this Code and other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus on elections in the territory of the electoral circuits and in the district of the city of Minsk in the territory of electoral circuits formed in that district;

2) direct activities of the 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) register initiative groups of citizens for gathering signatures in support of the persons proposed for the nomination as candidates for deputies and the holding of agitation of their elections; and issue the respective certificates to the members of the initiative groups;

5) [excluded]

6) register candidates for deputies and their authorized persons and issue respective certificates to them;

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

8) assist the candidates for deputies in organization of meetings with voters in the order established by this Code;

9) 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;

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

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

11) approve the texts of the ballots for the electoral circuits and ensure the manufacture of the ballots and provision of the precinct electoral commissions with them;

12) establish and publish in the press the results of elections according to the electoral circuits;

13) issue to the deputies certificates on their election after the elected deputies have been registered by the Central Commission, regional or the Minsk City territorial electoral commission, respectively;

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

15) consider applications and complaints against decisions and actions of the precinct electoral commissions and take decisions on them;

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

The circuit electoral commissions on elections of deputies of the House of Representatives establish in the territory of the respective electoral circuit the unified numbering of the voting precincts.Territorial electoral commissions exercising powers of the circuit electoral commissions on elections to the Minsk City Council of Deputies in the districts of the city of Minsk establish the unified numbering of the voting precincts in the territory of the respective district of the city of Minsk.

Powers of the electoral commission specified in this Article are terminated in one month after the elections.