rocedure in the Event of Death of a Candidate for a Member of the National Minority Council

(1) If any of the validly proposed candidates for a member of the national minority council should die in the period after the expiry of the nomination deadline, and not later than 15 days prior to the election day, national minority organisations or the proposers of the list of candidates under Article 10, paragraph 3 of this Act may, within 48 hours following the candidate’s death, propose a replacement candidate in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) The competent electoral commission, irrespective of whether or not the authorised proposer proposed a new candidate, shall issue and publish a decision on amending the valid list of candidates and the amended consolidated list of candidates within 24 hours following the expiry of the deadline under paragraph 1 of this Article.
(3) If any of the candidates for a member of a national minority council should die within a period of less than 15 days prior to the election day, the replacement of the candidate shall be carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, and the competent electoral commission shall order a seven-day postponement of the elections for council members of that national minority in that unit.
(4) In the case referred to in paragraph 1 or paragraph 3 of this Act, if the authorised proposer fails to propose a new national minority council member candidate in the unit, on account of which the total number of validly proposed candidates would be less than the minimum number of candidates prescribed in Article 14, paragraph 4 of this Act, the competent electoral commission shall proceed in accordance with Article 14, paragraph 6 of this Act.