Registration of Candidates for Elections to Municipal Council

(1) The Local Electoral Commission shall review the submitted lists of candidates and it shall not register the candidate

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

b) who does not meet the condition listed in Article 164,

c) who failed to attach to the list of candidates the statement pursuant to Article 171 (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 171 (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 signature document pursuant to Article 171 (9) or whose signature document is incomplete.

(2) The Local Electoral Commission 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.

(3) The Local Electoral Commission 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.

(4) Against the decision of the Local Electoral Commission 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.

(5) If the administrative court makes decision on the registration of the candidate, the Local Electoral Commission shall execute the decision of the administrative court within 24 hours from its delivery by designating the registration in the list of candidates.