§ Section 40(untitled)

(1) Administrative offence proceedings for
the offences referred to in Section 39, Paragraph one of this Law
shall be conducted by the Corruption Prevention and Combating
Bureau.
(2) Administrative offence proceedings for the offences
referred to in Section 39, Paragraph two of this Law shall be
conducted by the National Electronic Mass Media Council.
(3) Until examination of the case, administrative offence
proceedings for the offences referred to in Section 39, Paragraph
one of this Law if such offences have been established by the
officials of the State Police or municipal police shall be
conducted by the State Police or municipal police accordingly,
but the administrative offence case shall be examined by the
Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau.
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1. Until 1 January 2004, voters living abroad who have not
received the passport of a citizen of Latvia until the day of
elections shall present or send to the polling station commission
the registration sheet with the personal identity number of such
voter issued by the Office for Citizenship and Migration
Affairs.
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2. The new wording of Sections 22 and 24 of this Law,
amendments to Section 25 providing for the change in the
procedures for the initiation of the draft law and draft
amendments to the Constitution, as well as Chapter
IV.² shall come into force on 1 January 2015.
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3. Until 1 September 2014, the Cabinet shall ensure the
technical and security readiness of the online system of the
single State and local government service portal for the
collection of signatures in online mode.
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4. Until 1 January 2015, at least 30 000 citizens of Latvia
with voting rights have the right to submit to the Central
Election Commission a fully drawn-up draft law or draft
amendments to the Constitution, indicating their given names,
surnames, personal identity numbers and the date of signing. The
draft law or draft amendments to the Constitution may be
submitted within 12 months from the date when the draft law or
draft amendments to the Constitution have been registered with
the Central Election Commission. Each signature of a voter within
the abovementioned period of 12 months must be certified by a
sworn notary or the Orphan's and Custody Court which is
performing notarial activities. The fee for the certification of
a signature in respect to the signature collection on the draft
law or draft amendments to the Constitution shall be determined
in the Orphan's and Custody Court taking into account the direct
administrative costs of certification of the signature, however,
not more than half of the sum laid down in law for the
certification of authenticity of a signature in the Orphan's and
Custody Court.
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5. If at least 30 000 voters submit a fully drawn-up draft law
or draft amendments to the Constitution to the Central Election
Commission until 1 January 2015, indicating their given names,
surnames, personal identity numbers and date of signing, the
Central Election Commission shall set a time limit of 21 days
when the signature sheets where voters may sign are available in
the places designated by each city or municipality council.
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6. Until 1 January 2015, a notification on the commencement of
signature collection necessary for the legislative initiative
together with the submitted draft law or draft amendments to the
Constitution shall be published in the official gazette
Latvijas Vēstnesis.
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7. Sections 27, 28, 30, 31, 32 and 33 of this Law shall be
applicable also to national referendums or legislative
initiatives, including to signature collection commenced prior to
the coming into force of these amendments and not yet
completed.
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8. The second sentence of Section 29, Paragraph two of this
Law is repealed from 1 January 2015.
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9. Until 1 January 2015, at least 10 000 citizens of Latvia
with voting rights have the right to submit an initiative to
organise a national referendum on the recalling of the
Saeima to the Central Election Commission, indicating
their given names, surnames, personal identity numbers and the
date of signing. In order to commence the signature collection
for the initiative to organise a national referendum on the
recalling of the Saeima, an initiative group shall be
formed that meets the requirements of Section 23, Paragraph two
of this Law. The initiative group shall submit to the Central
Election Commission an application on registration.
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10. If an application for the registration of an initiative
group has been submitted in accordance with Paragraph 7 of these
Transitional Provisions, the Central Election Commission shall
take one of the following decisions within 10 days:
1) to register the initiative group if it meets the
requirements of Section 23, Paragraph two of this Law and the
time limit down in Article 14 of the Constitution which prohibits
the initiation of a national referendum on the recalling of the
Saeima has not set in on the day when the application is
submitted;
2) to refuse the registration of the initiative group if it
does not meet the requirements of Section 23, Paragraph two of
this Law and the time limit laid down in Article 14 of the
Constitution which prohibits the initiation of a national
referendum on the recalling of the Saeima has set in on
the day when the application is submitted.
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11. Until 1 January 2015, an initiative to hold a national
referendum on the recalling of the Saeima may be submitted
within 12 months from the day when the Central Election
Commission has registered the initiative group, unless the time
limit laid down in Article 14 of the Constitution which prohibits
the initiation of a national referendum on the recalling of the
Saeima has set in. Each signature of the voter within the
abovementioned period of 12 months must be certified by a sworn
notary or the Orphan's and Custody Court which is performing
notarial activities. The fee for the certification of signatures
in respect to the signature collection on the recalling of the
Saeima shall be determined in the Orphan's and Custody
Court taking into account the direct administrative costs of
certification, however, not more than half of the sum laid down
in law for the certification of authenticity of a signature in
the Orphan's and Custody Court.
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12. Until 1 January 2015, if it has established that the
initiative to organise the national referendum on the recalling
of the Saeima has been signed by at least 10 000 citizens
of Latvia with voting rights, the Central Election Commission
shall announce the commencement of the signature collection. The
announcement on the initiative to organise a national referendum
on the recalling of the Saeima shall be published in the
official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis. Signature collection
shall take place in accordance with the procedures laid down in
Sections 7-9 of this Law. The citizens who have signed for the
initiative to organise a national referendum on the recalling of
the Saeima in accordance with the procedures laid down in
Section 22 of this Law shall be included in the total number of
the initiators. If the abovementioned citizens have signed also
in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 24,
Paragraph one of this Law, their signatures shall not be counted
in the signature sheets. The Central Election Commission shall
count the votes and establish the result.
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The Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 31 March
1994.
President G. Ulmanis
Rīga, 20 April 1994