Conduct of Extraordinary Local Elections

1. An extraordinary election of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a local council and a village, settlement, or city mayor shall be held in the manner and in accordance with the time frame stipulated by this Code for regular elections.

2. The Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a local council, a village, settlement or city mayor elected in a pre-term election shall exercise their powers until a new composition of a local council,a village, settlement or city mayor in the next regular local election held in accordance with the procedure specified by the Constitution of Ukraine and the Laws of Ukraine.

3. In the year of the regular local elections, early elections of council members, village, settlement, city mayors are not appointed and are not held, unless the powers of the village, settlement, city mayor have been terminated more than nine months before the regular local elections.

4. The Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a local council, shall immediately notify the respective territorial election commission of early termination of office of a member of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea or a local council member.