§ Electoral Code art. 216Restrictions on conducting the local referendum

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Restrictions on conducting the local referendum
(1) The local referendum shall not take place in case a state of emergency, siege or
war is declared or established. If the date of the local referendum has been fixed for the day
on which, subsequently, the state of emergency, siege or war is declared or established, it
shall be automatically cancelled or postponed for another day, in compliance with the deadline
laid down in this Code.
(2) The local referendum cannot take place on the day of the general parliamentary,
presidential and local elections, also 60 days before and 60 days after the day of the elections.
Two local referendums cannot take place on the same day and in the same locality.
(3) The decision to postpone the local referendum shall be adopted by the Central
Electoral Commission on a proposal from the local council or the representative authority of
the administrative-territorial unit with special status, which issued the act of conducting the
referendum.
(4) The local referendum for the dismissal of the mayor can be initiated one year after
the mayor took office or from the date of the previous local referendum for the dismissal of the
same mayor. The dismissal of the mayor may not take place during the last year before the
expiry of the term of office.

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