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Article 30
 

Establishment and management of Directorate General of Electoral Roll and Electoral roll Bureaus:


(Change: 17/5/1979 - 2234/1 art.)


 Electoral roll Directorate General is administrated by a director general assigned permanently or with contract by Supreme Election Council, while central district or district electoral roll bureaus are administrated by president of District Election Board within the principles defined in this Law. 


 Establishment scheme of Directorate General of Electoral Roll and electoral roll bureaus, provisions related with their units, relations among units, definitions of duties, authorities and liabilities, their recruitment, their promotion, transfers, disciplinary proceedings and other transactions related with personal rights, are determined with a circular prepared by directory in line with article 31 of this Law and related provisions of 657 numbered Public Servants Law and approved by Supreme Election Council. 


  (Change Third clause: 11/9/1987 – DFL 290/2 art; verbatim accepted: 26/8/1999 - 4448/2 art.) Director General, Deputy Director General and branch directors are assigned with the decision of Supreme Election Council, other personnel are assigned by President of Supreme Election Council. Personnel of electoral roll bureaus are assigned by Supreme Election Council either ex officio or upon the request of presidents of District Election Boards. Personnel of Directorate General may be assigned due to the provisions of 657 numbered Law to public institutions upon the request of their superiors who are legally eligible to decide on such assignments. 


                (Fourth and fifth clauses repealed: 11/9/1987 - DFL 290/2 art.; verbatim accepted: 26/8/1999 - 4448/2 art.)  Registry superiors of  officials working in electoral roll bureaus (...) (1) are presidents of related District Election Boards. Presidents of election boards are authorized to directly implement exclamation and reprimands about those.   President of the District Election Board may give permission for these personnel to work temporarily in justice services within the borders of such district considering their working program. 


 (addition: 13/9/1991 - DFL- 455/1 art.; verbatim accepted: 26/8/1999 - 4448/2 art.) There are electoral directors in electoral bureaus of districts.


 (addition: 31/7/1998 - 4381/4 art.) Republic Senior Prosecutors and administrative superiors are authorized to allocate adequate space for district electoral roll bureaus and District Election Boards in court or government houses.


(addition: 22/12/2005- 5435/46 art.) Electoral bureaus are inspected by presidents of election boards and for other works  judicial inspectors within the ground and principles determined by regulation that will be delivered by Ministry of Justice with the condition of taking the opinion of Supreme Election Council. 


(addition 22/12/2005- 5435/46 art.) Electoral bureaus are inspected at least once in a year by presidents of election boards. This inspection is undertaken on January considering the transactions of the previous year. One copy of the inspection reports are protected by electoral bureaus and one other copy is sent to presidency of Supreme Election Council at latest to the end of such month.