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Article 14
 

Article 14 Delivery of Nomination Papers for Elections to the Council              (1)       The nomination papers for self-government elections may be filed for each constituency by the political parties and by independent candidates separately.              (2)       The political party shall, via its election agent, or independent candidate in person, deliver to the Registrar of the Regional Election Commission their nomination papers in two duplicates not later than 40 days before the polling day.                    (3)       The nomination papers of a political party shall contain  (a)    the registered name of the political party; (b)   the full name, academic degree, age, occupation, permanent addresses of candidates and their order  in Arabic numerals;   (c)    the full names of an election agent and his substitute, and their addresses.   A person standing as a candidate cannot be appointed an election agent or a substitute.               (4)        The political party may include in the nomination paper only the number of candidates corresponding to the number of deputies of Council to be elected in the relevant constituency.               (5)       If a political party files its nomination paper for one election district individually, it cannot file another nomination paper to another election district for the election to the same Council as a coalition member. If a political party files its nomination paper as a coalition member, it may file another nomination paper for election to the same Council in another election district only as a member of the same coalition.               (6)       A nomination paper of an independent candidate shall contain his full name, academic degree, age, occupation, permanent address and his signature. The first duplicate of the nomination paper of an independent candidate is accompanied by a petition9) signed by at least 400 electors from his constituency. In the petition, every signature shall be accompanied by the full name of the elector and his permanent address, i.e. the name of municipality and street (if the municipality is subdivided into streets), and house number.               (7)       The first duplicate of each nomination paper shall be accompanied by candidate´s declaration signed in his own hand that he approves his candidacy and has not given his consent to be listed in another nomination paper, and that he is not aware of any particulars giving rise to his disqualification.              (8)       A candidate standing at regional government elections can be nominated only in one election ward.               (9)       To stand as a candidate for a deputy of Council a person must be resident in the municipality falling to the election district he is standing for.               (10)     A chairmanship candidate can stand also as a candidate to the Council.               (11)     The Registrar shall confirm the delivery of a nomination paper by the election agent of a political party or by an independent candidate in the second duplicate of their nomination papers. The Registrar shall deliver the nomination papers to the Regional Election Commission for review and registration.