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Article 48
 

Expenditures for Preparation and Holding of Elections, Referendum or Recall of a Deputy or a Member of the Council of the Republic
 
Expenditures for preparation and holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the Chamber of Representatives, members of the Council of the Republic, deputies of local Councils of Deputies, the republican referendum or recall of a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or a member of the Council of the Republic shall be made at the expense of the republican budget. Expenditures for these purposes may be also made at the expense of funds of public associations, enterprises, institutions, organisations and citizens of the Republic of Belarus who may contribute their monetary resources into the extra-budgetary fund formed by the Central Commission for additional financing of expenditures for the preparation and the holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the Chamber of Representatives, deputies of local Councils of Deputies or the republican referendum.
 
Expenditures for the preparation and the holding of a local referendum, new elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies and elections of the deputies instead of those who have left their positions and for recall of a deputy of the local Council of Deputies shall be made at the expense of funds of the local budget established by the respective local Council of Deputies.
 
Expenditures for the preparation and the holding of a local referendum may also be made at the expense of funds of organisations and public associations located in the territory of the respective local Council of Deputies and of the citizens living in this territory who may contribute their monetary resources into the extra-budgetary fund formed by the local Council of Deputies which appointed the referendum.
 
The procedure of allocation and use of monetary funds allocated for the preparation and holding of elections, a Republican referendum or recall of a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or member of the Council of the Republic from the republican budget and of resources voluntarily contributed into the extra-budgetary fund shall be established by the Central Commission.
 
Resources allocated from the budget and the extra-budgetary fund for the holding of election agitation shall be allocated equally among all candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies of the Chamber of Representatives and for deputies of the local Councils of deputies and shall be spend according to their demand according to the procedure established by the Central Commission. The Central Commission shall inform through mass media about the size of resources allocated from the budget for the candidates for the election campaign not later than three days after the expiration of the term of registration of the candidates.
 
The Central Commission shall inform the Chamber of Representatives on the use of the resources allocated from the republican budget for the preparation and the holding of election or the republican referendum not later than six months after the day of election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the Chamber of Representatives, deputies of the local Councils of Deputies or of the holding of voting for the referendum or for recall of the deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or a member of the Council of the Republic as well as publish a report on the use of the resources from the extra-budgetary fund.
 
State bodies, organisations and public associations shall submit for the disposal of the commissions rooms, equipment, communication and transport facilities required for the preparation and the holding of elections, referendum or voting for recall of the deputy or the member of the Council of the Republic according to the procedure established by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
 
State mass media, mass media partially financed from the republican or local budget as well as mass media one of the founders of which is represented by the state bodies or organisations shall make public free-of-charge the materials submitted by the commissions and the election programs of candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus and deputies of the Chamber of Representatives.
 
Political parties, other public associations, organisations and citizens of the Republic of Belarus shall have no right to render other material aid during the preparation and the holding of elections or referendum except for contributing monetary resources into the extra-budgetary fund stipulated by part one of this article.
 
Direct or indirect participation of foreign states, enterprises, organisations, foreign citizens, international organisations and enterprises of the Republic of Belarus with foreign investments in financing and rendering other material aid during the preparation and the holding of elections, referendum or recall of a deputy or a member of the Council of the Republic shall be prohibited.