Right to Be Elected 

1. Requirement to candidates shall be established by the Constitution of Ukraine and this Code.

2. In order verify the grounds for making a decision on registration or on refusal of registration of a candidate in the respective election, the Central Election Commission, the Territorial Election Commission in the local election shall be entitled to inquire and to receive on a free of charge basis the information necessary for such verification from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, and the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine, National Agency for Corruption Prevention, and if necessary - from other government agencies.

Establishments to which such an inquiry is addressed shall be obliged to immediately, but no later than within two days from the date of receipt of such an inquiry, provide the election commission with the relevant information about a person nominated as a candidate, as follows: his or her departure outside of Ukraine for permanent residence; termination of his or her citizenship of Ukraine; information on existence or absence of criminal records pertaining to him or her; his or her departure from Ukraine and entry to Ukraine during the time period established by this Code prior to the day of voting; information on existence of a court decision declaring him or her incapacitated.

3. Failure to respond to the inquiry shall not serve the ground to suspend or to extend the time limits established by this Code for the Central Election Commission, the Territorial Election Commission to make a decision on registration or on refusal of registration of a candidate in the respective election. Receipt of a response to the inquiry of the Central Election Commission, the Territorial Election Commission, which confirms the existence of circumstances that deprive a person nominated as a candidate in the respective election of the right to be elected, in the time period after making a decision by the respective election commission on registration of such a candidate shall serve the ground to make a decision on cancellation of registration of the respective candidate.