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Article 31
 

Commissions on the Referendum

 

Preparation and holding of a republican referendum shall be provided for by the following commissions:

the Oblast and Minsk City commissions on the referendum;

the regional, town (in towns subordinated to Oblast) and town district commissions on the referendum; and

the precinct commissions on the referendum.

In appointing the republican referendum the President of the republic of Belarus may take a decision not to form the Oblast, Minsk City, regional or town (in towns subordinated to Oblast) commissions on the referendum but to impose the execution of their powers on the operating Oblast, Minsk City, regional or town (in towns subordinated to Oblast) territorial electoral commissions.

 

Preparation and holding of a local referendum shall be provided for by:

of an Oblast or Minsk City referendum – by the Oblast, Minsk City, regional, town (in towns subordinated to Oblast), town district and precinct commissions on the referendum;

of a regional, town (in towns subordinated to Oblast) or town district referendum – by the regional, town, town district and precinct commissions on the referendum; and

of a town (in towns subordinated to regions), settlement or rural referendum – by the town, settlement, rural and precinct commissions on the referendum.

In case when a republican and a local referendum are appointed and held simultaneously, commissions formed according to the procedure stipulated by this Code shall be joint commissions for all referendums held simultaneously.