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Article 66
 

Supreme territorial governing bodies or primary organizations of political parties and meetings (conferences) of voters in labour collectives take decisions on nomination of a candidate for deputy that have to be recorded into a protocol.The protocol specifies the name of the supreme governing body, governing body of the organization subdivision of the political pary, or of the primary organization of the political party, data on the labour collective, their addresses and telephone numbers, the number of members of the body of the political party and of the labour collective and the number of participants in the sitting of the body, the meeting of the primary organization of the political party or the meeting (conference) of the collective, the date of the sitting or meeting (conference), the results of the vote, the decision taken showing the surname, name and patronymic, date of birth, profession, office (occupation), place of work and residence and party membership of the person nominated as candidate for deputy and the electoral circuit in which he is nominated.


A person nominated as a candidate for deputy, not later than 40 days before the elections, submits to the respective circuit, territorial electoral commission simultaneously all documents for the registration of candidates and produces a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus. The documents may be submitted to the circuit, territorial electoral commission by the representative of the person nominated as a candidate for deputy exercising his powers on the basis of a notarized power of attorney or a power of attorney certified in the order established by clause 3 and part one of clause 4 of Article 186 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Belarus.


To register a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives, a candidate of the local Council of Deputies the following documents shall be submitted to the circuit, territorial electoral commission:


written application on the consent to be put for vote in that electoral circuit;


copies of pages of the passport proving the citizenship of the Republic of Belarus and the registration on the territory of the Republic of Belarus - for persons nominated as candidates by political parties and labour groups;


biographical data of the person nominated as a candidate for deputy, in the form established by the Central Commission. If a person nominated as a candidate for deputy had and/or has previous convictions, the information thereabout is indicated in this biographical data;


copies of documents confirming information about education, about the place of work, position (occupation) of the person nominated as a candidate for deputy mentioned in the nomination documents;


written application on the consent to dismissal from occupied position or to termination of the respective powers upon being elected as a deputy – for the persons indicated in parts one –four of Article 59 of this Code.


declaration on income and property of the person nominated as a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives, regional, Minsk City, district, city (city of regional subordination) of the Council of Deputies according to the form approved by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus;If there is no incomes of the person nominated as a candidate for deputy within the declared period, the source of income is indicated in the declaration.A person nominated as a candidate for deputy has the right to make corrections to a declaration of incomes and property before it is sent for check to the state bodies and organizations.Corrections are made via crossing out incorrect data and indicating of true data or additional data, or by submitting a revised declaration.


When the political party nominates a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives by for registration, the following is submitted additionally to the documents specified in part three of this Article:


protocol of the supreme body of the political party on nomination of a candidate for deputy;


copy of a certificate on state registration of the political party;


copy of the statute of the political party;


copy of a document confirming the membership in the political party of the person being nominated for deputy.


When the labour collective of an organization nominates a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives the following is submitted for registration additionally to the documents specified in part three of this Article:


protocol of the meeting (conference) of labour collective of organization on nomination of the candidate for deputy;


copy of the certificate on state registration of the organization.


When a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives, candidate for deputy of the local Council of deputies is being nominated by means of gathering signatures of voters, the signature lists are submitted for registration additionally to the documents specified in part three of this Article.


When a political party nominates a candidate for deputy of local Council of Deputies the following is presented for registration additionally to the documents specified in part three of this Article:


protocol of the governing body of organizational structure (meeting of the primary organization) of the political party on nomination of a candidate for deputy;


copy of a certificate on state registration of the political party;


copy of the statute of the political party;


copy of the certificate on state registration (putting on record) of the organizational structure of the political party having nominated the candidate for deputy;


copy of a document confirming the membership in the political party of the person being nominated for deputy.


If the same political party nominated candidates for deputy of district, city, settlement or rural Council of Deputies in several or all of the electoral circuits, the documents specified in indents three to five of part seven of this Article are presented to the respective territorial electoral commission in one copy.


When the labour collective of an organization or the collective of its structural subdivision nominates a candidate for deputy of local Council of Deputies, the protocol of the meeting (conference) of labour collective of the organization or its structural subdivision is presented for registration additionally to the documents specified in part three of this Article.


Voters who have nominated the candidate for deputy by means of gathering signatures are entitled prior to depositing the signature lists to the circuit, territorial electoral commission to remove their signatures in signature lists having submitted an application thereon to the respective electoral commission.