1. Election commissions shall be deemed special collective bodies responsible for preparation and conduct of elections and ensuring the exercise of the electoral rights of citizens of Ukraine, and the observance and uniform application of the electoral legislation.

2. The status of the Central Election Commission shall be determined by the Constitution of Ukraine, this Code, the Law of Ukraine “On the Central Election Commission”, and other Laws of Ukraine.

The Central Election Commission shall lead the system of election commissions that ensure preparation and conduct of the national election and shall be the higher-level commission for all district and precinct election commissions and all election commissions for all local elections. The Central Election Commission shall exercise the powers of the district election commission in the out-of-country election district in the national election.

3. District election commissions shall, within the scope of their powers provided for by this Code, ensure preparation for and conduct of the national election within the respective territorial districts in the national election.

District election commissions shall be the higher-level commissions for all precinct election commissions within the respective territorial districts in the national election.

4. Territorial election commissions shall ensure preparation for and conduct of the local election within the scope of their powers provided for by this Code.

Territorial election commissions shall be the higher-level commissions for all precinct election commissions in the respective local election.

5. Precinct election commissions shall, within the scope of their powers provided for by this Code, ensure preparation for and conduct of the national and local elections within the respective election precincts.

6. A district election commission or a territorial election commission shall be a legal entity, except for cases provided for in paragraph two of this Part.

District election commissions shall be formed without registration as legal entity if territorial representations of the Central Election Commission are formed and assigned the functions of financial and logistical support of a district election commission.

The Central Election Commission shall not be a legal successor of district or territorial election commissions.

7. A precinct election commission shall not be a legal entity. Financial and material support for activities of a precinct election commission in the respective election process shall be provided by the respective district election commission (territorial representation of the Central Election Commission) or the territorial election commission in accordance with the procedure established by this Code.

8. District and precinct election commissions shall be deemed temporary bodies formed for the period of preparation for and conduct of the respective election in accordance with the requirements of this Code. Territorial election commissions shall be permanent bodies.

Members of the territorial election commission shall exercise their powers until a new composition of the respective territorial election is formed in the manner prescribed by this Code. Territorial election commissions may be liquidated in the event of a corresponding change in the administrative-territorial structure.

9. An election commission shall have a seal, the specimen of which shall be approved by the Central Election Commission.

10. In order to ensure organizational, legal, information and technical support for the exercise of the powers provided for by this Code, an election commission, and in case of its formation – territorial representation of the Central Election Commission shall be granted the right to engage, on the basis of contracts, relevant specialists, experts and technical personnel in accordance with the procedure specified by the Central Election Commission.

11. State executive bodies, state bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local self-government bodies, state enterprises, establishments and organizations shall be obliged to create due conditions for the exercise of powers of the election commissions.