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Article 70
 

The Central Commission, circuit, territorial electoral commission is entitled, without prior notice, to cancel the decision on registration of a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies in the even of:


non-observance of the restrictions while holding pre-election agitation, established by this Code;


repeated violation of the requirements of this Code or other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus on elections, if a warning had been previously issued;


exceeding by more than 20 percent of the maximum amount of spending of means of the electoral fund mentioned in part three of Article 481 of this Code, or use of other monetary means in the same amounts in addition to means of the electoral fund;


participation of the administration of an organization in gathering signatures, coercion in the course of gathering signatures and rewarding voters for putting their signatures;


submitting the data having essential nature in the declaration in incomes and property of persons mentioned in indent two of part two of Article 681 of this Code, which do not correspond to reality;


using advantages of an official position in the interests of election, specified in part two of Article 73 of this Code;


violation of the requirements established for the electoral program of a candidate.


The Central Commission, circuit, territorial electoral commission shall, without prior notice, cancel the decision on registration of a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies:


upon use in the interests of election of monetary means or other material assistance of foreign countries and organizations, international organizations, organizations with foreign investments, foreign citizens and stateless persons;


in the event of loss of the right to be elected as the President of the Republic of Belarus, the deputy by the person registered as a candidate;


in the event of establishment, after the registration as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies, of the circumstances mentioned in part one of Article 681 of this Code.


The decision of the Central Commission, the circuit, territorial electoral commission to cancel the decision on registration of a candidate with indication of reasons of cancellation shall be issued not later than on the following day after its taking.


The decision of the Central Commission to cancel the decision on registration as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies may be appealed by the candidate to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus within three days from the day of its taking.The Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus considers the complaint within a three-day period and its decision is final.


The decision of the circuit electoral commission to cancel the decision on registration as a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives may be appealed by the candidate to the respective regional and Minsk city territorial electoral commission within three days from the day of decision-making, and the decision of the regional and Minsk city territorial electoral commission may be appealed, within the same time period, to the regional and Minsk city court. The court considers the complaint in a three-day term and its decision thereupon is final.


The decision of the circuit, territorial electoral commission to cancel the decision on registration as a candidate for deputy of the local Council of Deputies may be appealed by the candidate to the superior territorial electoral commission within three days from the day of its taking, and the decision of the superior territorial electoral commission may be appealed, within the same time period, respectively to the regional, Minsk city, district court.The court considers the complaint in a three-day term and its decision thereupon is final.


In the event of taking a decision to cancel the registration of a candidate for deputy by the regional and Minsk city territorial electoral commission, the decision may be appealed by the candidate to the Central Commission within three days from the day of its taking.The decision of the Central Commission is appealed in the order established by part four of this Article.