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Article 17
 

Registration of Initiative Groups.

The all-Ukrainian referendum initiative groups shall be registered by the Central Commission of all-Ukrainian referendum upon the submission of Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of republican and oblast subordination) Councils of peoples' deputies on which the territory citizens meeting were held and initiative groups elected.

The local referendum initiative groups shall be registered by the Chairperson of the local Council of peoples' deputies within which the territory the conduct of local referendum is proposed.

To register the initiative group, the documents of the citizens meeting, foreseen by Article 16 of this Law, as well as the obligation, certified by the signatures of initiative group members, to observe the law of Ukraine on Referenda, shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the appropriate Council of peoples' deputies.

If the submitted documents meet the requirements of this Law, the Chairperson of the appropriate local Council of peoples' deputies, within 10 days term, shall submit the all-Ukrainian referendum initiative group documents to the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referendum or shall register the local referendum initiative group. After that, he or she, within three days term, shall give the local referendum initiative group the required registration certificate and the accreditation of initiative group members, on a form established by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The certificate on registration of the local referendum initiative group shall indicate the exact number of citizens' signatures (based upon list of citizens participated in the latest referendum or upon the list of voters of the latest elections) necessary to support the demand to conduct the local referendum, and the terms for signature collection.

If the submitted documents on all-Ukrainian referendum initiative group meet the requirements of this Law, the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referendum shall register the All- Ukrainian referendum initiative group within 15 days, and after that, within three days, shall give the all-Ukrainian referendum initiative group the certificate on registration and the accreditation of initiative group members of a form established by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The term for signature collection shall be indicated on the certificate of registration.

When all-Ukrainian referendum initiative groups are being registered, ordinal numbers shall be given to them, as for local referendum initiative groups, in addition to ordinal numbers, they shall also be given with names corresponding to the names of the appropriate Council of peoples' deputies.

Information on registered all-Ukrainian referendum initiative groups shall be submitted to the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Information on registration of initiative groups shall be published in the press.

The central number of initiative groups on such referendum is not limited.

The registration number of initiative groups shall not be charged. The organization and activity of initiative groups shall not be paid by Council of peoples' deputies or other state bodies and institutions of Ukraine.

A denial of registration of the initiative group or absence of a decision on registration may be appealed by members of the initiative group to the rayon (city) court located within the territory of the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referendum or the appropriate Council of peoples' deputies.