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Article 200
 

(1) Upon breach of the procedure for conduct of the election campaign by the media service providers, the parties, coalitions and nomination committees, acting through the persons who represent the said parties, coalitions and committees or through persons authorised thereby, may lodge a complaint within 24 hours after transmission of the broadcast concerned.


(2) Any such complaint shall be lodged with:


1. the Central Election Commission, in respect of a provider holding a licence or a registration for operation within a national range, as well as where the breach was committed in multiple constituencies;


2. the constituency election commission or, respectively, the municipal election commission exercising jurisdiction over the registered office of the provider, where the provider holds a licence or a registration for operation within a regional or local range.


(3) Should any complaint be lodged with a commission which is not competent to examine it, the said commission shall forthwith forward the said complaint to the competent commission and shall notify the complainant.


(4) The competent election commission shall examine the complaint within 24 hours after the receipt thereof, and forthwith on polling day, and shall render a decision.


(5) Upon breach of the procedure for conduct of the election campaign by media service providers, the competent election commission may also take action against the offenders on its own initiative.