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Article 80
 
Article 80. Entry into Force of this Federal Law
1. This Federal Law shall enter into force nine days after its official publication and shall not apply to legal relations that arose in relation to the conduct of elections and referendums called before it entered into force.
2. It shall be established that Federal Law No. 124-FZ of September 19, 1997 "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 1997, No. 38, art. 4339; 1999, No. 14, art. 165; 2001, No. 29, art. 2944) shall apply only to legal relations that emerged in relation to conduct of elections and referendums called before this Federal Law entered into force. It shall be established that Federal Law No. 124-FZ of September 19, 1997 "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum" shall cease to be in force in the procedure specified in Clause 3 of this article.
3. Upon expiration of six months from the day when this Federal Law enters into force, the following shall cease to be in force:
Federal Law No. 124-FZ of September 19, 1997 "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 1997, No. 38, art. 4339);
Federal Law No. 55-FZ of March 30, 1999 "On Introduction of Amendments and Additions in the federal law 'On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum'" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 1999, No. 14, art. 1653);
Article 1 of the Federal Law No. 89-FZ of July 10, 2001 "On Introduction of Amendments and Additions in the federal laws 'On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum' and 'On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation'" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 2001, No. 29, art. 2944);
4. Article 18 of this Federal Law shall not apply to elections of deputies of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Union State of the first convocation from the Russian Federation conducted under the federal law.
5. If the legislation of a subject of the Russian Federation do not comply with Clause 16, Article 35 of this Federal Law, the said clause shall not apply to elections in this subject of the Russian Federation called before July 14, 2003. Within the said period, the legislation of the subject of the Russian Federation shall be brought into compliance with Clause 16, Article 35 of this Federal Law. The said period shall not apply if less than three regional branches of political parties are registered on the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation, and the legislation of such subject of the Russian Federation shall be brought into compliance with Clause 16, Article 35 of this Federal Law before the expiration of one month from the day on which regional branches of at least three political parties are registered. The legislation of a subject of the Russian Federation may also be brought into compliance with Clause 16, Article 35 of this Federal Law before the expiration of the above periods.
6. Clause 16, Article 38 of this Federal Law shall enter into effect after the conduct of the first, after entering into force of this Federal Law, election of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.