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Article 111
 

Specifics of Revising Court Decisions

 

1.    Participants of the court consideration process shall have the right to appeal against the court decision in full or in part passed by the fist instance court, which has not entered into legal force if the first instance court has not completely established the circumstances of the case, failed to properly assess the evidences, incorrect applied norms of the material law or significantly violated the norms of legal proceedings.

 

2.    An appeal may also be filed by a third party – subject of the election process that did not participate in the court consideration of the case in the event that the decision of the first instance court infringes its rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests.

 

3.    The decisions of appeal courts passed in the first instance shall be appealed against in the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

 

4.    Appeals against the decisions of the first instance courts shall be filed within two days as of the day following the day of receiving the copy of the court decision.

 

5.    An appeal against the decision of a first instance court, passed before Election Day, may be filed within the timeframes stipulated by the paragraph 4 of this article, but no later than at 24.00 of the last Saturday before Election Day. 

 

6.    Appeals filed after expiration of the period stipulated by paragraphs 4 and 5 of this article shall not be considered.

 

7.    An appellate court shall consider the case within two days as of the day of receiving an appeal, and with regard to decisions passed by the first instance courts before Election Day – no later than the time of beginning of the voting.