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Article 64
 

Nomination of candidates for deputies of local Councils of Deputies from labour collectives of organizations is performed at meetings (conferences) of voters in labour collectives.


Nomination of candidates for deputies of regional and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies is performed by labour collectives located in the territory of the respective electoral circuit whereas nomination of candidates to the district, city, settlement and rural Councils of Deputies - by labour collectives located in the territory of the respective local Council of Deputies.


Meetings (conferences) of voters in labour collectives of organizations are convened by the administration of the organization both at their own initiative and at the initiative of a group of voters of not less than 10 persons who work in the organization.Meetings of voters in collectives groups for the nomination of candidates for deputies may be held:


when nominating candidates for deputies of regional or the Minsk City Councils of Deputies – in collectives having not less than 150 workers;


when nominating candidates for deputies of the district or city (in the cities of regional subordination) Councils of Deputies – in groups having not less than 75 workers;


when nominating candidates for deputies of the city (in the cities of regional subordination), settlement and rural Councils of Deputies – in groups having not less than 20 workers.


Appeal against denial by the administration of the holding of a meeting (conference) and determination of the competence of the meeting (conference) of the labour collective and of the decision taken is performed in the order provided for by parts three and four of Article 63 of this Code.


A candidate for deputy of a local Council of Deputies may be nominated from several smaller labour groups with the total number of workers established in part three of this Article at their general meeting.The meeting is competent if more than half of the members are present from each such collective of organization.


Meetings of voters for the nomination of candidates for deputies of the local Councils of Deputies may be held in structural subdivision of organizations provided that, when they nominate a candidate for deputy of the respective local Council of Deputies, their number meets the requirements of part three of this article.According to the order stipulated by part five of this article a candidate for deputy of the local Council of Deputies may be nominated from several structural subdivisions or from several labour collectives and structural subdivisions at their joint meeting.When a candidate for deputy is nominated in a structural subdivision (structural subdivisions), no candidate for deputy shall be nominated from the entire labour collective.


The labour collective of an organization or collectives of their structural subdivisions are entitled to nominate only one candidate for deputy of each territorial level of local Councils of Deputies observing the requirements of part three of this Article.