1. Powers of PECs for elections of deputies of the State Duma carried out by PECs formed in accordance with the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees”. If in the relevant territory, the precinct election commission has not been formed, the precinct election commission shall be formed in the manner prescribed by the said Federal Law, no later than 45 days from the day of official publication of the decision on the announcement of the elections. The deadline for receiving proposals for the composition of a precinct election commission is within 30 days.

2. At the electoral precincts established in accordance with part 3 of Article 14 of this Federal law, precinct election commissions shall be formed from the number of crew members, the polar station workers, including non-reserve composition of precinct commissions in accordance with the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees", no later than 15 days before the voting day, and in exceptional cases - not later than the day preceding voting day. At the electoral precincts formed on vessels at sea on the voting day and at polar stations, precinct election commissions shall be formed by the vessels' and polar station captains.

3. In an electoral precinct formed outside the territory of the Russian Federation a precinct election commission shall be formed within the period set forth by part 1 hereof by the head of a relevant diplomatic or consular mission of the Russian Federation or by the commander of a military unit stationed outside the territory of the Russian Federation no earlier than 30 but no later than 23 days before the voting day, in exceptional cases – no later than 3 days before the voting day.

4. Formation of the precinct election commission at the polling station, formed outside the territory of the Russian Federation, carried out according to the following requirements:

1) limit the maximum number of members of the precinct election commission in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 27 of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees", does not apply if the polling station has more than 3,000 registered voters are;

2) the nominations of the PEC members, received from the political parties, federal list of candidates of which are admitted to distribution of deputy mandates in the last elections of deputies shall be mandatory taken into account only if the citizen, which has an active right to vote and whose candidacy is proposed in the composition of this Commission is a permanent resident of a foreign state.