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Article 42
 

Conditions of Registration of Candidates for Deputy in a Single-mandate Constituency

 

1. The constituency election commission shall register a candidate for deputy nominated by a party (bloc) in the respective single-mandate constituency upon presentation by the candidate of the document provided for in Article 2, Item 2 of this Law and subject to the receipt of the following documents:



an excerpt from the minutes of the convention (meeting, conference) of the party (inter-party convention (meeting, conference) of the parties that are members of the bloc) or excerpt from the minutes of the meeting (conference) of the republican in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, an oblast or city in Kyiv or Sevastopol cell (organization) of the party (joint meeting (conference) of cells (organizations) of the parties that are members of the bloc) conducted with the purpose of nominating the candidate for deputy in the respective single-mandate constituency, which shall contain the information provided for in Article 40, Item 9 of this Law. The excerpt from the minutes of the convention (meeting, conference) of the party (inter-party convention (meeting, conference) of the parties that are members of the bloc) shall be signed by the head of the party (heads of the parties that are members of the bloc) and sealed with the seal of the party (seals of the parties that are members of the bloc), and the excerpt from the minutes of the meeting (conference) of the cell (organization) of the party (joint meeting (conference) of cells (organizations) of the parties that are members of the bloc) shall be signed by the head of the cell (organization) of the party (heads of cells (organizations) of the parties that are members of the bloc) and sealed with the seal of the cell (organization) of the party (seals of cells (organizations) of the parties that are members of the bloc);



a copy of the charter of the party (charters of the parties that are members of the bloc) certified free of charge by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine after the announcement of the beginning of the electoral process;



a copy of the constituent agreement of the election bloc certified by the heads of the parties that are members of the bloc, if the candidates for deputy are nominated by a bloc;



a statement of the person nominated candidate for deputy announcing his commitment, if elected, to cease the activity or abdicate a representative mandate which in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine are inconsistent with the mandate of a people’s deputy of Ukraine, consent to the publication of his biographical data in connection with his participation in the elections and commitment, if elected, to transfer, within one month from the official announcement of election results, the management of their enterprises and their corporate rights to another person as stipulated in the legislation;



an autobiographies of the candidate for deputy containing up to two thousand printed characters, which shall contain: surname, first name, patronymic, day, month, year and place of birth, citizenship, information about education, employment, position (occupation), place of employment, public work (including elected offices), party membership, family members, home address, length of residence in Ukraine and criminal record;



election program of the candidate for deputy in the official language containing up to three thousand nine hundred printed characters;



property and income statement for the year preceding the year of the submission of the candidate for deputy and family members thereof in accordance with the form approved by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine;



proof of monetary deposit made in accordance with Article 43 hereof;



photograph of the candidate for deputy, whose size and quantity shall be as stipulated by the Central Election Commission.



 

2. The constituency election commission shall register a candidate for deputy in the respective single-mandate constituency who has been self-nominated in this constituency upon presentation by the candidate of the document provided for in Article 2, Item 2 of this Law and the receipt of the self-nomination application and the documents provided for in Clauses 5-9 of Item 1 of this article.

3. Documents submitted to the respective constituency election commission shall not be resubmitted.