Procedure in the Event of Death of a Candidate for a National Minority Representative

(1) If any of the validly proposed candidates for a national minority representative or their deputy should die in the period after the expiry of the nomination deadline, and not later than 15 days prior to the election day, the national minority organisations or the nomination proposers 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 within 24 hours following the expiry of the deadline under paragraph 1 of this Article, shall issue and publish a decision on amending the nominations list and the amended consolidated nominations list.
(3) If any of the validly proposed candidates for a national minority representative in a particular unit 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 representatives 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 candidate for a national minority representative in the unit, and there are no other validly proposed candidates for the said election, the competent electoral commission shall proceed in accordance with Article 21 of this Act.