§ Article 39(untitled)

Status of members of electoral commissions

1. Member of electoral commission shall act in the electoral commission
 independently and shall not represent the person having appointed him or her.

2. Members of electoral commissions shall be exempt from drills or military
 trainings. During the period of elections of the National Assembly, members of

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 electoral commissions shall be subject to draft for compulsory military service
 after the end of the election. Members of the Central Electoral Commission shall
 also be exempt from mobilisation.

3. Criminal prosecution may be initiated against a member of the Central Electoral

 Commission only upon the consent of the Central Electoral Commission. Without

 the consent of the Central Electoral Commission, member of commission may

 not be deprived of liberty, except where he or she has been caught at the time of

 or immediately after committing a criminal offence. The Central Electoral

 Commission shall adopt a decision on the mentioned issue by majority of votes of

 the total number of members of the commission.

4. Member of the Central Electoral Commission shall work on a permanent basis.

 He or she may not act as member of any political party or otherwise engage in

 political activities, hold a position not related to his or her status in state or local

 self-government bodies or any position in commercial organisations, engage in

 entrepreneurial activities, perform other paid work except for scientific,

 educational and creative activities. In public speeches, they must show political

 restraint.

5. Member of district electoral commission may not act as a member of any political

 party, nor engage in political activities during his or her term of office. In public

 speeches, they must show political restraint.

6. Members of electoral commission shall have the right to get acquainted in

 advance with issues and documents submitted to the commission for

 consideration, make speeches at the commission sittings, submit

 recommendations and require holding a voting on that issue, ask questions to

 participants of the sitting and receive answers.

7. Members of electoral commission shall be obliged to perform tasks assigned by

 the chairperson of the commission within the scope of his or her competence.

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8. Members of higher level electoral commission — upon the assignment or the

 consent of the chairperson of that commission — shall be obliged to or may

 respectively participate in sittings of a lower electoral commission, in an advisory

 capacity, and be present in the voting room on the voting day.

9. Members of district and precinct electoral commissions may, on their own

 initiative, be exempt from performing their official (work) responsibilities for the

 purpose of exercising their powers.

10. Member of electoral commission shall be obliged to participate in the activities of

 the commission and perform his or her powers, as well as participate in

 professional courses being organised for members of electoral commission, and

 this shall not be deemed an invalid absence from his or her work.

11. Member of precinct electoral commission shall, at the 1st sitting of the

 commission, sign the text of the rights and responsibilities of the member of

 precinct electoral commission.