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Article 134
 

Registration of an Initiative Group

 

An initiative group formed at the meeting of electors, when initiating the question of recalling a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives, shall be registered by the Central Commission, and when initiating the question of recalling a deputy of a local Council of Deputies, - by the respective territorial electoral commission.

 

In order to register an initiative group, the following shall be submitted to the Central Commission and the respective territorial electoral commission: the minutes of the meeting of electors, the list of participants in the meeting, the list of the members of the initiative group, a copy of a written notification of the deputy about holding a meeting of electors, and a document to prove that the notification was directed to the deputy.

 

The Central Commission and the respective territorial electoral commission shall, within 15 days after receipt of necessary documents, register the initiative group, or may take decision to decline registration, in case in the process on initiating the question of recalling a deputy the procedure established by Section VIII of this Code was not observed. In the process of considering the question of registering the initiative group, its representatives, as well as the deputy in relation to whom it is proposed to initiate the question of recalling, or the person authorised by him may be present.

 

Refusal to register the initiative group for recalling a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives may be appealed against within three days by the initiative group (the appeal must be signed by the majority of its members) to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, and for recalling a deputy of the Oblast, Minsk City, regional, town, settlement or rural Council of Deputies within the same period, respectively, at the Oblast, Minsk City, district or town court.

 

After registration of the initiative group, its representative shall be given, within three days, a certificate on registration of the initiative group, identifications of members of the group and samples of lists for collecting electors' signatures in support of the proposal to initiate the question of recalling a deputy (hereinafter – signature lists), and shall be informed about the minimum number of electors' signatures needed in accordance with the requirements of part one of Article 135 of the present Code for supporting the proposal to initiate the question of recalling a deputy. The forms of certificate, identification of the member of the initiative group, and signature lists shall be established by the Central Commission.

 

The Central Commission shall, within two days, notify the Chamber of Representatives about registration of the initiative group, and the respective territorial electoral commission – to the local Council of Deputies whose deputy is suggested to be recalled.