Registration of the Elected MPs of Ukraine

1. To be registered as an MP of Ukraine, a person elected as an MP shall submit to the Central Election Commission, no later than on the twentieth day after the official promulgation of the MP election results, a document certifying the person’s dismissal from any employment (position) incompatible with the mandate of an MP and/or a copy of a registered application filed with the respective council for invalidation of any other representative mandate.

2. If a person elected as an MP provides the Central Election Commission with a reasonable excuse for not complying with the requirements of Part one of this Article, then the Central Election Commission may adopt a decision either accepting the excuse as valid and establishing a different deadline for complying with the aforementioned requirements or refusing to accept the excuse.

3. Upon receipt of the documents specified in Part one of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall, no later than on the fifth day, adopt a decision to register the elected person as an MP of Ukraine.

4. If a person elected as an MP fails to comply with the requirements of Part one of this Article before the deadlines specified in Parts one and two of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision recognizing this person as the one refusing to accept the mandate of MP, and shall adopt a decision recognizing the next MP candidate in the respective regional or nationwide electoral list of the respective party to have been elected as an MP.

5. Should the respective regional electoral list be exhausted, the right to obtain the mandate shall be passed over to the nationwide electoral list of this party. Should the nationwide electoral list of the party be exhausted, the right to obtain the mandate shall remain vacant.

6. The Central Election Commission shall issue a temporary certificate of an MP of Ukraine, in a standard form established by the Commission, to a person registered as an MP of Ukraine, no later than on the seventh day from the day of that person’s registration.

7. The Central Election Commission’s decision to register an MP of Ukraine and the temporary certificate of an MP of Ukraine shall provide grounds for the elected person to take the Oath of an MP of Ukraine.