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Article 12
 

(1) The Central Election Commission shall only register the lists of candidates if the persons submitting these lists have made a security deposit of 1000 lats in the Central Election Commission fund.

(2) The depositor shall be issued a bank receipt carrying the name of the depositor, the date and the name of the candidate list for which the deposit was made. The bank receipt shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission.

(3) The security paid shall be a guarantee that the same list of candidates may be distributed in all constituencies; the deposit shall be returned to the depositor if at least one candidate from this list has been elected in at least one constituency.

(4) If no candidate has been elected from the list, the security paid shall be transferred to the state revenue by the Central Election Commission.