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Article 10
 

Article 10. Calling of Elections 1. Elections of bodies or deputies referred to in Clause 1, Article 8 of this Federal Law shall be called by a duly authorized body or official authorized to do so. The decision on to calling an election shall be made taken at least 65 days before the expiration date of the term for which the relevant body or deputies were elected. In the event of an early termination of powers of such bodies or deputes that renders the body ineligibleincompetent, and election shall be called nott later than 14 days after the date of such termination. 2. Voting at an election to election of federal bodies of state power shall be held no later thannot later than 110 days and not earlier than 80 days from the date on which the decision on callingto call the election is adoptedtaken. Voting at an election to election of bodies of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation shall be held not later than 110 days and not earlier than 80 days from the date on which the decision on to calling the election is adoptedtaken. Voting at an election to election of bodies of local self-government shall be held not later than 80 days and not earlier than 70 days from the date on which the decision on to calling the election is adoptedtaken. Such decision shall be officially published in the mass media not later than five days from the date on which the decision on is adoptedtaken. 3. Voting at aen election shall be set on a Sunday only. Voting shall not be set on the day preceding an official holiday, on an official holiday that is a day-off, on a day following an official holiday that holiday is a day-off, or on a Sunday that has been officially declared a working day. 4. 3. If a duly authorized body or an official authorized to do so fails to call elections within the period established by law, or when if there is no such dulya authorized body or an official authorized to do so is not available, the elections shall be conducted by the relevant election commission: ?) on the first or the second Sunday of the month following the month in which the powers of the body or the deputies expire. In this case, the decision of the election commission to hold the elections shall be published not later than seven days after the expiry date of the period established in Clause 2 of this article for the publication of a decision concerning the setting ofto call the elections; b) not later than 120 days after the date of early termination of powers of the body or the deputies that rendersing the body powerlessincompetent. In this case, the decision of the election commission to hold the elections shall be published not later than seven days after the expiry date of the period established in Clause 2 of this article for the publication of a decision concerning the calling ofto call the elections. 5. If a duly authorized body or an official authorized to do so or the corresponding election commission fails to appoint set the date for the election of the bodies or deputies indicated in Clause 1, Article 8 of this Federal Law in due time or if an appropriate election commission is not available and cannot be formed in accordance with the procedure established by this Federal Law, the elections shall be called by an appropriate cCourt of general jurisdiction on the basis of applications from voters, electoral associations, electoral blocs, bodies of state power and local self-government or a prosecutor. In this case, elections shall be organized and held by a provisional election commission which shall be formed for the preparation and conduct ing of such elections by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation or the election commission of a subject of the Russian Federation (depending on the level of the elections) within 7 days after of the day when the court decision enters into legal force. This election commission shall consist of not more than 15 members and shall be formed in compliance with the requirements to commission membership laid down by Articles 22 to -24 and 29 of this Federal Law.