1. To be registered as a people’s deputy of Ukraine, an individual elected deputy shall have the duty to submit to the Central Election Commission no later than 20 days after official publication of election outcomes the document on his/her dismissal from the position incompatible with deputy mandate and (or) a copy of the registered application for termination of any other representative mandate as filed with the respective council.
2. If an individual elected deputy informs the Central Election Commission that valid reasons do not permit him/her to observe the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Central Election Commission may take the decision on accepting these reasons as valid and may fix another deadline for complying with mentioned provisions or may refuse to recognize these reasons as valid ones.
3. Having received documents referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Central Election Commission takes decision on registration of the elected deputy.
4. If an individual elected deputy in a multi-mandate constituency without valid reasons does not comply with provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article within time limits prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the Central Election Commission takes the decision to declare him/her as such that refused to bear deputy mandate and announces the candidate that follows him/her in the election list of respective party (bloc) as deputy elected in the multi-mandate constituency.
5. If an individual elected deputy in a single-mandate constituency without valid reasons does not comply with provisions of paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article within time limits prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the Central Election Commission takes the decision to declare him/her as such that refused to bear deputy mandate and fixes a repeat election in respective single-mandate constituency.
6. The Central Election Commission shall issue temporary credentials of people’s deputy of Ukraine of an established type to the individual registered as deputy, no later than 7 days after his/her registration.
7. The decision of the Central Election Commission on the registration of a deputy and temporary credentials of people’s deputy of Ukraine shall be the ground for him/her to take the oath of people’s deputy of Ukraine.
