Registration of Candidates for Elections to the Council

(1) The electoral commission of the Self-Governing Region shall review the submitted lists of candidates. The electoral commission of the Self-Governing Region shall review the lists of candidates through its professional summarising unit.

(2) The electoral commission of the Self-Governing Region shall not register the candidate

a) who does not meet the conditions listed in Article 132,

b) who has an obstacle to the right to be elected pursuant to Article 6,

c) who failed to attach to the list of candidates the statement pursuant to Article 139 (5) (a) or Paragraph 8,

d) if the candidate is included in the lists of candidates of several political parties or coalitions, in the list of candidates not accompanied by the statement pursuant to Article 139 (5) (a) or Paragraph 8; if the candidate has signed the statement for several lists of candidates, they shall be deleted from all the lists of candidates,

e) who is included in the list of candidates over the determined number of candidates,

f) who failed to attach to the list of candidates the separate document pursuant to Article 139 (9) or whose separate document is incomplete.

(3) The electoral commission of the Self-Governing Region shall register the candidates no later than 45 days before the date of election and designate the registration of the candidates  in the list of candidates. Registration of candidates is the precondition for printing the ballot papers.

(4) The electoral commission of the Self-Governing Region shall immediately prepare a decision on the registration or non-registration of candidates, which will be signed by its Chairman, and it shall call upon the political parties, coalitions, and independent candidates to take over the decision within 24 hours. If a political party or coalition or an independent candidate fail to take over the decision within the specified period, the decision shall be considered taken over.

(5) Against the decision of the electoral commission of the Self-Governing Region on non-registration of a candidate, the affected political party or coalition or the affected independent candidate may submit to an administrative court a proposal for the issuance of a decision on the registration of the candidate.

(6) If the administrative court makes decision on the registration of the candidate, the electoral commission of the Self-Governing Region shall execute the decision of the administrative court within 24 hours from its delivery by designating the registration in the list of candidates.