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Article 38
 

1st Article of Law 2234, amended on 17 May 1979.) The municipalities in the cities and towns have to prepare “Sketch of the Neighbourhood” for each neighbourhood every two years, supervised by the District Electoral Boards.


A) On the sketch;


1. The boundaries of the neighbourhood, with the names of containing streets, along with the numbers of each building at the beginning and at the end of each street are stated.
2. In case the neighbourhood consists of scattered buildings without a proper separation of the streets, these scattered buildings are shown with their legible numbers.


B) When it is technically impossible to prepare sketches in villages and in some places, (building lists) are prepared for each neighbourhood, in order to replace the mentioned sketches.
(Building lists) are prepared by the municipalities in the cities and towns, and by the headman of the villages in villages under the supervision of the chairman of the District Electoral Board.


C) The places with residents, but without a number in the neighbourhood are numbered.


The List of Buildings in paragraph B above and the procedure of numbering places without a number as given in subparagraph C is made according to principles of Numbering Regulation of the General Directorate of Statistics.


The sketches of neighbourhoods and the lists of buildings are prepared in order to demonstrate general situation at the end of the year.


Every two years an approved copy of each neighbourhood sketch or building list which is prepared according to the above paragraph, is presented to the local organisations of the political parties which are announced according to paragraph 4 of Article 14 by the chairman of the District Electoral Board within the month determined by the Supreme Board of Elections, in exchange of a receipt document.