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Article 33
 

Consideration and Registration of Candidate Lists


(1) Each regional authority shall consider all presented candidate lists during a period starting 66 and ending 60 days before the elections. If any candidate list is not presented in compliance with Article 31, if it does not feature all the particulars specified in Article 32 or if it includes incorrect facts, the regional authority shall ask the political party, movement or coalition concerned in writing through its representative no later than 58 days before the date of elections to correct its candidate list no later than 50 days before the date of elections.


(2) If a political party, movement or coalition fails to correct any error concerning one of its candidates within the aforementioned time limit, the regional authority shall decide no later than 49 days before the date of election to


a) delete such candidate from any candidate list not featuring the statement specified in Article 32, Section 2 or featuring the statement in an incorrect or incomplete version, b) delete any such candidate included according to the Czech Statistical Office in the candidate lists of several election regions or in several candidate lists in the same election region from the candidate list of any election region not featuring the statement specified in Article 32, Section 2; if the candidate’s signed statement is attached to several candidate lists, he/she shall be deleted from all candidate lists in all election regions, c) delete all candidates exceeding the maximum possible number of candidates defined in Article 32, Section 3, d) delete any candidate not stating the particulars defined in Article 32, Section 1, Subsections b) and f) or stating them incorrectly or incompletely, e) delete any candidate not meeting the qualification conditions defined in Article 25.


(3) Each regional authority shall decide no later than 49 days before the date of the elections to


a) register the candidate lists meeting all particulars defined in this act of law,


b) reject all candidate lists not presented in compliance with Article 31 or not featuring the particulars defined in Article 32, unless it is possible to proceed in compliance with Sections 1 and 2.


(4) Each regional authority shall produce the relevant resolution on registration of a candidate list, resolution on rejection of a candidate list or resolution on deletion of a candidate from a candidate list immediately, sending it to the subject entitled to seek protection at a court of justice (Article 86); at the same time, it shall publish its resolution on its official board, indicating the date of its publication. Any resolution shall be regarded as duly delivered on the third day following its publication.


(5) Each resolution on registration, resolution on rejection of a candidate list and resolution on deletion of a candidate from a candidate list must feature a verdict, including the legal norm on which it is based, its justification, including all facts that have been taken into account, and all relevant appeal information. Regional authorities are not required to justify their resolutions on registration. The body issuing a resolution must be identified in its written form. Each resolution must also feature the date of its adoption. All resolutions must be stamped with official stamp and signed and feature the first name(s), surname and title of the regional authority employee issuing them.


(6) Each regional authority shall forward a list of all political parties, movements and coalitions, whose coalition lists have been duly presented, to the State Election Commission. The State Election Commission shall draw the number to be featured on all ballot papers for the elections to the Chamber of Deputies no later than 45 days before the date of the elections. The State Election Commission shall inform all political parties, movements and coalitions standing for the elections as well as all regional authorities of the result of its draw through its chairman.


(7) Any regional authority shall register a candidate list even after the end of the time limit specified in Section 3, but no later than 20 days before the date of the elections, if ordered to do so by a court of justice in compliance with special legal regulations10). Such registration cannot be challenged at a court of justice.


(8) Each political party, movement and coalition whose candidate list has not been registered even in compliance with a judicial resolution pursuant to special legal regulations shall be refunded its contribution to election expenses within 1 month. If any other amount has been transferred to the special account established by the regional authority concerned than that specified in Article 31, Section 4, the regional authority shall return it to its sender without unnecessary delay.


(9) Registration is one of the conditions of the printing of ballot papers.


10) Article 200m of the Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended.