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Article 58
 

(1) During the election campaign, candidates, parties and coalitions and initiative committees may prepare and disseminate posters, advertisements, appeals and other canvassing materials. Each canvassing material shall bear the name on behalf of which it is issued.
(2) Canvassing materials shall be put at places specified by the Mayor or, when they are put out on buildings and fences, with the consent of the property owner or manager.
(3) The use of public transport for canvassing purposes shall be prohibited.
(4) The use of canvassing materials which threaten the life and health of citizens, private, municipal or state-owned property and the traffic safety or materials infringing upon good morals, the dignity and good name of candidates shall be prohibited.
(5) The destruction of canvassing materials put in accordance with the requirements of this Act shall be prohibited until the end of the election day.
(6) Mayors of municipalities, wards or mayoralties or Proxy Mayors shall remove or seize the canvassing materials put in violation of this Act at a decision of the Constituency Election Committee and, if needed, with the assistance of the bodies of the Ministry of the Interior. On the election day, such materials may be removed also at a decision of the District Election Committee.