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Article 56.
 

Financial Deposit


1. Each party nominating an electoral list of MP candidates in the nationwide election district shall, before submitting documents to the Central Election Commission for the registration of the MP candidates, transfer in a cashless form to the special account of the Central Election Commission a financial deposit in the amount of one thousand minimum salaries.


{Part 1 Article 56 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}


2. Each party nominating an MP candidate in a single-mandate district and each self-nominated MP candidate running in a single-mandate district shall, after the beginning of the election process and before submitting registration documents to the Central Election Commission, transfer to the special account of the Central Election Commission a financial deposit in the amount of ten minimum salaries.


{Part 2 Article 56 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}


3. If the Central Election Commission adopts a decision refusing to register MP candidates included in the electoral list of a party, or refusing to register an MP candidate in a singlemandate election district, the financial deposit shall be transferred back to the account of the submitting party within five days of the adoption of such decision. If the Central Election Commission adopts a decision refusing to register a self-nominated MP candidate in a single-mandate election district, then the financial deposit shall be transferred back to the account chosen by the MP candidate within five days of the adoption of such decision.


4. The financial deposit transferred by a party that has nominated an electoral list of MP candidates in the nationwide election district shall be returned to the party’s account within eight days of the day of the official promulgation of the election results if, according to the election results, the party obtains the right to participate in the distribution of MP mandates.


5. The financial deposit paid by a party that has nominated an MP candidate in a singlemandate election district shall be returned to the party’s account within eight days of the day of the official promulgation of the election results if, according to the election results, the MP candidate is elected in the single-mandate election district.


6. The financial deposit paid by a self-nominated MP candidate in a single-mandate election district shall be returned within eight days of the day of the official promulgation of the election results to the account indicated in the MP candidate’s application to the Central Election Commission, if, according to the election results, the MP candidate has been elected in the single-mandate election district.


7. In all other cases, financial deposit shall be transferred to the State Budget of Ukraine within eight days of the official promulgation of the election results.