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Article 63
 

Nomination of candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives from labour collectives of organizations is performed at meetings (conferences) of voters in labour collectives.


Meetings (conferences) of voters in labour collectives of organizations located in the territory of the electoral circuit including not less than 300 workers and having the right of the legal person are convened by the administration of the organization, at their own initiative and at the initiative of the group of voters of not less than 150 persons working in the organization.


In case of rejection by the administration of the proposal on the holding of a meeting (conference) on the initiative of the group of voters, its initiators are given a copy of the motivated decision.That decision may be appealed, within a three-day period, to the district or city court (the appeal must be signed by the majority of the initiators of the meeting convocation).The decision of the court is final.


The meeting must be attended by more than half of the membership of the labour collective.Conferences of labour collectives are held if convocation of meetings is made difficult because of a great number of workers, the use of multi-shift working regime or territorial scatter of the structural subdivision and are competent if attended by not less than two thirds of the delegates elected according to the order established in the labour collective.Decisions of a meeting (conference) of the labour collectives are taken by the majority of votes of its participants.


A candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives may be nominated from several smaller groups with the total number of workers not less than 300 persons at their general meeting.In such case, more than half of the members must be present from each labour collective of the organization having the rights of the legal persons.


A labour collective may nominate only one candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives.