1. Candidates, political parties, election blocs shall have the right to issue campaigning printed materials. Samples of campaigning printed materials or their copies shall be submitted to the election commission that registered the respective candidate to prevent circulation of the materials that contradict existing legislation.
2. All campaigning printed materials should contain names and addresses of the organizations (full names and addresses of places of residence of the persons) who produced the printed materials, name of the organization (full name of the person) who ordered printing of these materials, as well as the information on the number of printed copies and the date of their issue. Dissemination of campaigning printed materials that do not contain such information shall be prohibited.
3. It shall be prohibited to post the mentioned materials on monuments, obelisks and buildings of historic, cultural or architectural value as well as inside the premises of election commissions, at their entrances and in the polling stations.
4. Within 10 calendar days after designation of the election date, local self-government bodies, upon a proposal of the election commission, should make provision on the territory of each polling station for special places for posting campaigning materials. Candidates should be provided with equal conditions for posting such materials.
5. The election commission notified about a circulation of forged campaigning printed materials or campaigning materials not containing the information, specified under Clause 2 of this Article, shall undertake measures to suppress such activity and shall have the right to apply to the appropriate law-enforcement and other bodies with a petition on suppression of the illegal campaigning activity and on confiscation of the illegal campaigning printed materials.
6. Candidates shall have the right to use campaigning materials printed before appointment of elections in accordance with the requirements of this article and within the limits of the amount designated for candidates’ expenditures from their election fund.
(In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on January 24th 2004 year, No. 7)
