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Article 53
 

Funds necessary for elections/referenda


1. The CEC shall, not later than 55 days before polling, submit to the Ministry of Finance of Georgia a plan for funding the preparation and conduct of elections/referenda.


2. The Ministry of Finance of Georgia shall, not later than on the 50th day before polling day, according the plan submitted to the ministry by the CEC, ensure that the funds for the preparation and conduct of elections/referenda are allocated from the State Budget of Georgia to the CEC budgetary programme code concerned.


3. The CEC shall by decree regulate the distribution and use of election funds, necessary for the conduct of elections, by election commissions.


4. The CEC shall, not later than 45 days before polling day, deposit funds allocated for a DEC into its current account.


5. A DEC shall, not later than on the 30th day after polling, cease all settlements with organisations and individuals and shall, within 10 days, transfer funds remaining on its account to the relevant account of the state treasury. A DEC shall, within two weeks after transferring funds remaining on its account, submit a financial report to the CEC


Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016