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Article 20
 

Tabulation of signatures of Ukrainian Citizens, who demand to conduct the Referendum

When the collection of signatures is ended, the initiative group within three days shall compile a protocol, containing the information on the total number of citizens' signatures collected on the territory of an appropriate Council of peoples' deputies, as well as the date of initiative group registration, and the date when collection of signatures is completed.

Petition forms on all-Ukrainian referendum shall be officially handed over for safe-keeping to the Chairperson of rayon, city (cities of the republican and oblast subordination) Council of peoples' deputies, on the territory which the collection of signatures was conducted. Petition forms on local referendum in the same manner shall be handed over to the Chairperson of the local Council of peoples' deputies, within the territory where the referendum is proposed. Petition forms shall be preserved for two months after the referendum. The total number of petition forms and signatures of citizens shall be indicated in the record. Three copies of the record shall be certified by the signatures of no less than three members of the initiative group, as well as by the Chairperson of an appropriate Council of peoples' deputies, or by the Deputy Chairperson.

After the signing of the record, the all-Ukrainian referendum group within one week, shall hand over the final protocol, as well as a record, together with a demand to conduct a referendum, to the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referenda.

The Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referenda shall ensure the registration of the documents submitted by all the all-Ukrainian referendum initiative groups; during one month after the day the appropriate documents were submitted, the Central Commission shall partially or fully check the authenticity of submitted documents; the Commission shall sum up the general results of signatures' collection throughout Ukraine and compile a protocol.

If two or more signatures of one and the same citizen are revealed in petition forms, his signatures shall not be counted.

The protocol and documents on verification, shall be handed over within one week by the Central Commission on all-Ukrainian referenda to the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and shall be examined by the Presidium within two weeks term from the day of their submission.

The Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine may commission the peoples' deputies of Ukraine as well as local Councils of peoples' deputies to partially or fully check the submitted documents. After that, the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada shall pose a question on all-Ukrainian referendum for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine session.

The Chairperson of the local Council of peoples' deputies, within which territory which the local referendum is proposed, shall secure the registration of the documents on the given question submitted by all local referendum initiative groups; during 15 days after the day the appropriate documents were submitted, he or she, with the participation of all local referendum initiative groups, shall organize the partial or full check of the authenticity of these documents, as well as the tabulation of the general results of signature collection. The protocol shall be certified by the Chairperson of the Council of peoples' deputies and by the representatives of initiative groups. After that, the question on local referendum shall be submitted to discussion at the session of the appropriate Council of peoples' deputies.

In case the required number of signatures of citizens of Ukraine in support of the referendum is not collected in terms defined by this Law, the all-Ukrainian or local referendum shall not be conducted. The appropriate resolution shall be adopted accordingly by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or by the Chairperson of the local Council of peoples' deputies, on the territory which the referendum was proposed.