(1) The local election commission shall oversee the verification of the signatures. Signatures on signature sheets submitted in compliance with subsection (2) of section 47, and signatures collected in breach of section 45, shall not be verified by the local election commission.
(2) When verifying the signatures, compliance with the requirements as set out in section 44 shall be examined, the citizens giving their signatures shall be identified, the fact whether these citizens have the right to vote shall be established, and the number of valid signatures shall be stated.
(3) The identification of the citizen giving his signature for the initiative, and the statement whether he has the right to vote, shall be done by comparing the data on the signature sheet relating to him with the data in the central electoral register.
(4) The itemized verification of the signatures must continue until it becomes ascertained that the number of valid signatures attains or does not attain the number of electors necessary for initiating a local referendum.
(5) During the verification of the signatures, the person representing the organiser may be present.
(6) The verification of the signatures shall be carried out within forty-five days after the date of the submission of the signature sheets.