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Article I.
 

LAW FOR AMENDING AND COMPLETING CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE ACT


Registration of candidates for the position of Member of Parliament


(1) The candidates running for the position of Member of Parliament in the national constituency shall be registered by the Central Election Commission.


(2) For the parliamentary elections based on the uninominal constituencies, the candidates appointed by parties, as well as the independent candidates may run for elections only in one single uninominal constituency.


(3) The candidates for the position of Member of Parliament in the uninominal constituencies, including the independent candidates, are registered by the district electoral councils.


(4) To be registered, the candidates shall submit the documents indicated in art.44, applied in the corresponding way and the signature collecting lists for the candidates from uninominal constituencies, under the conditions of art. 80.


(5) One and the same person may be included only in one list of candidates, from behalf of one single electoral candidate.


(6) The person included in the list of candidates from behalf of an electoral candidate for elections based on the national constituency may run for elections also in one single uninominal constituency from behalf of the same electoral candidate or as an independent candidate.


(7) The persons running for the positions of Member of Parliament in the uninominal constituencies abroad shall be registered at the district electoral council responsible for organizing elections abroad and having the premises within Chisinau municipium.


(8) The persons running for the position of Member of Parliament in the uninominal constituencies for the localities from the left side of the River Nistru (Transnistria) shall be registered by the district electoral council responsible for organizing elections for the localities on the left side of the River Nistru (Transnistria), which will have its premises within Chisinau municipium.