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Article 148
 

Procedure of Appointment of Voting on Recall of the Member of the Council of the Republic

 

The voting on the recall of the member of the Council of the Republic elected from the Oblast or the City of Minsk shall be appointed not earlier than one month and not later than two months from the day of passing the decision on appointing the vote.

In case of illness of the member of the Council of the Republic as confirmed by an appropriate document the voting shall be postponed to another date but not later that 15 days from the day of his recovery. The member of the Council of the Republic shall, within three days of his recovery, send a written notification to the presidium of the Oblast or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the Oblast or the Minsk City Executive Committee. The voting may take place irrespective of the state of health of the member of the Council of the Republic upon the expiry of four months from the start of his illness.

 

The decision of the presidium of the Oblast or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the Oblast or the Minsk City Executive Committee on the appointment of vote on the recall of the member of the Council of the Republic shall be sent to the Council of the Republic and made public (published) in mass media.

 

When during the initiation of the raising of the issue of recall of the member of the Council of the Republic there have been significant violations of the requirements of Section IX of this Code, a decision on cancellation of the voting on recall of the member of the Council of the Republic shall be passed. The decision may be appealed against by the initiators of the raising of the issue on recall of the member of the Council of the Republic within three days at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus.