1.Political parties running in elections — after registering the electoral lists, and candidates, after having registered — may have proxies for the purpose of protecting their interests in electoral commissions, in their relations with state and local self-government bodies, organisations, mass media. Only persons having the right of suffrage may act as a proxy.  

2.After registration of candidates for head of community and member of Council of Elders (except for members of the councils of elders of communities in which elections are held through the proportional electoral system), electoral lists of political parties running in elections, the electoral commission having made the registration shall — within a 5-day period — provide the candidate, authorised representative of the political party running in elections with proxy certificates equal to the 3-fold of the number of the formed electoral precincts. The relevant commission shall indicate in the certificate the name of the political party running in elections, the name, patronymic, surname of the candidate for head of community or member of Council of Elders. The candidate or his or her authorised representative or the authorised representative of the political party running in elections shall complete the certificates and provide them to proxies.  

3.Judges, prosecutors, persons holding autonomous positions within investigation bodies, officers of the Police, the National Security Service, the Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service, officersc of the Penitentiary Service, officers of the Probation Service, the Rescue Service, military servants, observers, candidates, members of electoral commissions may not act as a proxy. 

4.Forms of certificates for proxies shall be prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.