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Article 183
 

(1) During the election campaign, the candidates, the parties, the coalitions and the nomination committees may prepare and circulate posters, messages and other campaign materials. Each item of campaign material shall mandatorily identify the issuer thereof.


(2) Each item of campaign material shall contain a statement that vote buying and selling is a criminal offence, and the said statement shall occupy not less than 10 per cent of the face space of the campaign material and shall be boxed. In the audio and audiovisual materials, this statement shall be contained as an unambiguous and understandable message.


(3) Campaign materials may be displayed in places designated by the mayor, and display on buildings, fences and shop windows shall require permission from the owner or manager of the property.


(4) (Supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) It shall be prohibited to use any campaign materials which jeopardise human life and health, private, municipal and State property, and the safety of road traffic, as well any such materials which are contrary to good morals and damaging to the honour and reputation of the candidates. It shall be prohibited to use the coat of arms or the flag of the Republic of Bulgaria or of any foreign State, as well as any religious signs or designs, in any campaign materials.


(5) It shall be prohibited to destroy and deface any campaign materials displayed according to the procedure established by this Code before the closing of the polls.