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Article 63
 

Procedure for Using Printed Mass Media

1. A candidate to the post of President of Ukraine registered by the Central Election Commission has the right, at the expense of and within the funds allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, to publish his/her pre-election program, as submitted upon his/her registration, of a size that shall not exceed twelve thousand printing characters, in the newspapers "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovy Courier" in a print lay-out that is identical for all candidates. The Central Election Commission shall conclude an agreement on the publication of the mentioned materials with the editorial offices of the mentioned newspapers.

2. A candidate to the post of President of Ukraine registered by the Central Election Commission has the right, at the expense of and within the funds allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, to publish his/her pre-election program, as submitted upon his/her registration, in local state or municipal mass media in a print lay-out that is identical for all candidates. The Territorial Election Commission, mentioned in part six of article 60 of this Law, shall conclude an agreement on the publication of the aforementioned materials with the editorial office of respective mass medium. The Central Election Commission shall determine the volume and procedure for using the print space, which shall be provided at the expense of funds, envisaged in part nine of article 60 of this Law, ensuring equal conditions for the candidates.

3. The priority order for printing pre-election programs at the expense of funds allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, shall be established by the Central Election Commission and respective territorial election commissions by means of drawing of lots with the participation of candidates to the post of President of Ukraine or their proxies.

4. Results of the drawing of lots for the order of printing pre-election programs of candidates to the post of President of Ukraine shall be published respectively in the newspapers "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovy Courier", and local state or municipal printed mass media within three days from the day the Central Election Commission or the respective territorial election commission has approved them.

5. A candidate to the post of President of Ukraine shall have the right, at the expense of his/her campaign fund, to publish campaign materials in printed mass media of all forms of ownership.

6. Campaign materials, specified in part five of this article shall be published on the basis of an agreement that shall be concluded between the administrator of a running account of the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine and the editorial office of the print mass medium. The publication of these materials with concluding an agreement and crediting funds to the account of the editorial office of the print mass medium shall be prohibited.

7. Editorial offices of printed mass media of all forms of ownership must, at the written requests of the Central Election Commission, provide it with information about the print space used for placing campaign materials of the candidates to the post of President of Ukraine, and if necessary - send it copies of the respective agreements, payment documents, as well as the respective publications.