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Article 73
 

All candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus and for deputy have equal rights and bear equal duties.


A candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus or for deputy has no right to use advantages of his office in the interests of election.Use of advantages of the office in this Code means:


engagement of persons who are in subordination or otherwise dependent through their work post for performing, during the working hours, activities that facilitate nomination and/or election;


use of the premises occupied by state bodies or organizations for performing activities that facilitate nomination and/or elections in case when other candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus of for deputy who have applied in relation to the same issue are not able to use those premises on analogous conditions;


use of telephone and other types of communication and office equipment designed for support of the functions of state bodies and organizations, for performing activities that facilitate nomination and/or elections;


free-of-charge or privileged use of transport facilities owned by the state for performing activities that facilitate nomination and/or elections; and


gathering voters’ signatures and election agitation in the course of business trips.


The provisions provided for by indent four and five of part two of this Article do not cover persons who use communication and transport facilities in conformity with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus on the state guard.


In the case of violation of the requirements of this Article the Central Commission, the circuit or territorial electoral commission have the right to reject registration of the candidate or to cancel the decision on his registration.