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Article 48
 

(1) Where the requirements under this Act have not been observed, the Constituency Election Committee shall refuse to register candidates, election tickets and initiative committees, giving the reasons thereof in writing and communicating its decision forthwith.
(2) Any refusal under para 1 shall be subject to appeal before the Central Election Committee within three days of its communication.
(3) In the event of refused registration or declared invalidity of the registration of a candidate on the election ticket of a party or coalition, the latter may propose for registration another candidate not later than ten days after the date of the refusal or the statement on the invalidity but not later than seven days prior to the election day.
(4) Where a candidate on the registered election ticket of a party or coalition dies or is incapable of running the elections on a long-term basis, the party or coalition may nominate another candidate in pursuance of the provisions of para 3.
(5) Parties and coalitions may request that the registration of a person on their election ticket be cancelled on grounds of evidence of collaboration with the former state security service. In such cases, parties and coalitions may nominate another candidate not later than seven days prior to the election day.