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Article 46
 

Registration Procedure of Candidates for Deputies in a Single- Mandate Constituency

 

1.  A candidate for deputy running in a single-mandate constituency shall be registered by a corresponding constituency election commission, provided all the requirements stipulated by Article 42 of this Law have been complied with.

 

2.  A constituency election commission shall terminate the acceptance of applications for registration of candidates for deputies in a single-mandate constituency 60 days before the election date.

 

3. A person who submitted the documents stipulated by Article 42 of this Law shall be issued a certificate indicating the date and time of the receipt of the documentation, listing the documents received, and establishing the number of signature lists, should they be enclosed. 

 

4. A person nominated as a candidate for deputy in a single-mandate constituency shall have the right to withdraw his/her application for self-nomination or registration as a candidate for deputy prior to the day of registration of his/her candidacy. Any repeated applications from this person regarding self-nomination in the same constituency shall not be accepted.

 

5. No later than on the fifth day after the receipt of the application for registration of a candidate in a single-mandate constituency together with the additionally required documents, the constituency election commission shall adopt a decision regarding the registration of the candidate for deputy or the refusal to register.

 

6. A refusal to register a candidate for deputy nominated in a single-mandate constituency on the grounds of the non-compliancy of the submitted documents envisaged by Article 42 of this Law, shall not result in the candidate being excluded from applying once again for the registration as a candidate in the corresponding single-mandate constituency. The said application, together with the documentation filed in full compliance with this Law, shall be submitted to the constituency election commission no later than 55 days before the election date. The final decision regarding the registration of the candidate for deputy in a single-mandate constituency shall be adopted by the constituency election commission no later than 53 days before the election date.

 

7.  In the event of the registration of the candidate for deputy in a single-mandate constituency, within a five-day period he/she shall be issued a copy of the decision regarding the registration and the certificate of a candidate for deputy in compliance with the form established by the Central Election Commission.

 

8.  Within a ten-day period upon the completion of the registration of candidates in this constituency, following the submission of the documentation by the constituency election commissions, the Central Election Commission shall publish in Holos Ukrainy and Uriadoviy Courier newspapers the list of candidates for deputy registered in the single-mandate constituency stating each candidate’s surname, first name and patronymic, date of birth, education, permanent residence, employment (occupation), party affiliation and the entity, which nominated the candidate.