Conditions for Registration. Refusal of Registration

(1) The Central Election Commission shall check whether the requirements of the present Section are met and shall decide on the registration of the candidate lists.

(2) Upon ascertainment of any omissions or discrepancies, the Central Election Commission shall give immediate directions and a deadline for their elimination. In the event that the omissions or discrepancies are not eliminated by the deadline set, the Central Election Commission shall refuse registration.

(3) The refusal under Para. 2 may be appealed before the Supreme Administrative Court as proved for in Art. 58.

(4) Upon refusal of registration or upon declaration of invalidity of the registration of a candidate on a list of a political party or coalition of parties, the political party or coalition of parties may propose another candidate for registration not later than 30 days in advance of election day.

(5) Should any of the candidates on a registered candidate list of a political party or coalition of parties die or lapse into a sustained inability to participate in the elections, the political party or coalition of parties may propose a new candidate within the term of 7 days before the election day. Where some of the candidates in a registered candidate list of a party or coalition refuses participation, the party or coalition of parties may propose another candidate not later than 30 days before the election day.

(6) Where the political party or coalition of parties in the cases under Para. 4 or 5 fails to nominate another candidate, the Central Election Commission shall refuse registration, respectively shall strike the registration of the candidate list