Removal and Seizure of Canvassing Materials

(1) The Mayor of the Municipality, region or Mayoralty, or the Mayor’s vicegerent, following a decision of the constituency or Municipal election commission and, where necessary, with the assistance of the units of the Ministry of the Interior, shall remove or seize the canvassing materials displayed or distributed in violation of this Code. The removal and seizure of such materials on election day shall alternatively be performed on the basis of a decision of the section election commissions.
(2) Canvassing materials displayed or distributed in violation of this Code on the territory of more than one region (borough) or such that refer to more than one region (borough), shall be removed or seized by the regional Governor following a decision of the Central Election Commission.
(3) The parties, coalitions and nomination committees shall remove the canvassing materials displayed by them within 7 days after election day.