(1) The Budget of the Institutions of BiH and International Obligations of BiH (hereinafter: the BiH budget) shall provide for the cost and expense for the conduct of elections by the Central Election Commission of BiH referred to in Article 2.9 and Article 2.19, Paragraph (17) of this Law.

(2) The budgets of entities and cantons shall provide for the cost and expense for the conduct of elections by the election management bodies referred to in Article 2.21 of this Law, pursuant to the Decision of the Central Election Commission of BiH that regulates their scope of competence as well as the provision of missing funds for financing obligations referred to in Paragraph (3) of this Article.

(3) The budgets of municipalities and cities shall provide for the cost and expense for the conduct of elections by municipal election commissions referred to in Article 2.13 as well as reimbursement costs referred to in Article 2.12, Paragraph (9) and Article 2.19, Paragraph (16) of this Law.

(4) The Budget of the Brčko District of BiH shall provide for the cost and expense for exercise of the competencies of the Election Commission of the Brčko District and reimbursement costs for the Election Commission and polling stations committees of the Brčko District of BiH pursuant to the Election Law of the Brčko District of BiH.

(5) The costs and expense for the exercise of the competencies and for the conduct of the elections shall be independently administered within the approved budget by the Election Commission referred to in Paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Article, which is authorized to determine the method of their use and supervise their allocation and use.

(6) Funds for the conduct of the elections must be provided by the institutions referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Article within 15 days from the day the decision to announce the elections is issued by the Central Election Commission of BiH.