§ Article 38Registration of Candidates

1. Upon the commencement of filing of the lists of candidates, at the request of the Central Electoral Committee the Ministry of Justice shall, within one day, confirm officially which parties have been registered, the activities of which parties have been suspended or terminated.
2. Upon receiving the application documents of a party, the Central Electoral Committee must not later than on the next working day apply to the Ministry of Justice for the confirmation of the fact of the registration of the party and the validity of its statutes. The Ministry of Justice must give a written reply within two days and present to the Central Electoral Committee a copy of the valid statutes of the party.
3. While checking the application documents filled in by a candidate, the Central Electoral Committee shall determine whether or not the candidate meets the requirements of Article 3 of this Law. When necessary, it may appeal to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Interior, Justice or other state institutions to furnish the data important for registering the candidate. Such appeal of the Central Electoral Committee must be considered as a matter of great urgency, and a written reply must be given within 7 days, but not later than 32 days before the elections.
4. After the Central Electoral Committee has checked out the submitted application documents and established that they meet the requirements of this Law, it must adopt a decision concerning the registration of a candidate within 10 days following the submitting of the application documents, but not less than 31 days prior to the elections.
5. If there are any faults in the application documents, the Central Electoral Committee must immediately inform the appropriate representative for elections about them.