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Article 56
 

Prohibition of Election Campaign on Election Day


1. Election campaign, irrespective of its methods, forms and measures, shall be prohibited 30 hours before the beginning of an election and on the election day until the closing of the polls, with the exception of outdoor political advertising displayed until the commencement of the said prohibition of election campaign. During the period when election campaign is prohibited and in the course of early voting no visual and audio election campaign material (except those produced by the Central Electoral Commission) may be displayed in a polling station or within 50 meters around the building in which a polling station is situated. If election campaign of an election of the President of the Republic, or elections to the European Parliament, or an election to municipal councils, or referendum campaign is carried out concurrently at the same time, election campaign shall be prohibited 30 hours remaining to the beginning of an election and on the election day until the closing of polls in accordance with the same procedure and under the same conditions as those specified in this paragraph.


2. Information about elections in process, about importance of such elections for public life, the number of voters who have come to vote, documents required to be available when voting, an invitation to go to the polls as well as any other information which is aimed at influencing voters not to vote at an election or to vote in favour of or against a candidate or a list of candidates shall not be considered to be election campaign.


3. Persons who violate the provisions specified in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be held liable in accordance with the procedure established by law.