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Section 57
 

(1) The president of the National Election Office shall make a declaration of assets covering the same matters as that of the Members of the National Assembly within thirty days from his appointment, and each subsequent year by 31 January, as well as within thirty days of the termination of his mandate.


(2) Should the president of the Authority fail to make the declaration of assets, he shall not be allowed to exercise his office, and shall not receive remuneration until his declaration of assets is submitted.


(3) The declaration of assets shall be publicly available; its page-for-page copy shall be published on the official election website without delay. The declaration of assets shall not be removed from the website for a period of one year following the termination of the mandate of the president of the National Election Office.


(4) Anyone may initiate that the Prime Minister open a procedure regarding the declaration of assets of the president of the National Election Office by making a statement of facts relating to the specific content of the declaration of assets, specifying the contested part and content thereof. Should the initiative fail to meet the requirements specified in this paragraph, be clearly unfounded, or should the repeatedly submitted initiative contain no new statement of facts or data, the Prime Minister shall reject the initiative without conducting the procedure. The Prime Minister shall check the veracity of the content of the declaration of assets.


(5) Upon a call by the Prime Minister in the procedure regarding the declaration of assets, the president of the National Election Office shall, in writing, without delay provide the Prime Minister with the data supporting the circumstances as regards assets, income and interests indicated in the declaration of assets. The Prime Minister shall inform the President of the Republic of the outcome of the proceedings by sending him the data. Access to the data shall be restricted to the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic.


(6) The supporting data provided by the president of the National Election Office shall be deleted on the thirtieth day following the conclusion of the procedure regarding the declaration of assets.