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Article 413
 

(1) A candidate for municipal councillor may be proposed for registration by only one party, coalition or nomination committee and in only one constituency.


(2) A candidate for mayor may be proposed for registration by only one party, coalition or nomination committee and in only one constituency. A candidate for municipality mayor may not concurrently be a candidate for mayoralty mayor or for borough mayor.


(3) A candidate for mayor of a nomination committee may not be a candidate for municipal councillor of a party or coalition, and a candidate for municipal councillor of a nomination committee may not be a candidate for mayor of a party or coalition.


(4) A candidate for mayor of a party or coalition may concurrently be a candidate for municipal councillor only of the same party or coalition. In case any such candidate is elected mayor, the said candidate shall be excluded from the candidate list for municipal councillors.


(5) Where a candidate for municipal councillor or mayor is registered by more than one party, coalition or nomination committee or in more than one constituency, or in breach of the requirements of Paragraph (3) or (4), the earliest registration shall be valid.


(6) A breach of the requirements referred to in Paragraphs (1) to (4) shall result in invalidity of the registration, and where any such breach is detected after the conduct of the election, it shall result in invalidity of the election, if the candidate has been elected.


(7) The Central Election Commission shall ascertain and pronounce invalid any registrations effected in violation of Paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4). The decision shall forthwith be made public, and the municipal election commission and the candidates, parties, coalitions and nomination committees concerned shall be notified.


(8) The decision of the Central Election Commission declaring the invalidity of the registration of the candidates under Paragraph (7) shall be appealable before the Supreme Administrative Court according to the procedure established by Article 58 herein.