§ Article 91(untitled)

Status of candidates for Deputy

1. A candidate for Deputy shall acquire his or her status upon registration of the

 electoral list of the political party running in elections.

 Rights and responsibilities prescribed by this Code shall extend to the candidate

 for Deputy until the expiry of time limit prescribed for challenging the decision

 of the Central Electoral Commission on the National Assembly being elected, and

 in case of challenging that decision, until the Constitutional Court adopts a

 decision.

 The candidate for Deputy shall lose his or her rights pertaining to the status of a

 candidate and shall be exempt from the responsibilities also in cases prescribed

 by Articles 87 or 88 of this Code, upon revoking or declaring invalid the

 registration of the electoral list of a political party or the candidate included in

 the electoral lists, respectively. In case of appealing through judicial procedure

 against the decision of the Central Electoral Commission on declaring invalid or

 revoking the registration of the electoral list of a political party or the candidate

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 included in the electoral lists, the candidate shall lose his or her rights pertaining

 to the status of a candidate for Deputy and shall be exempt from responsibilities

 upon the entry into force of the judicial act.

2. Candidates for Deputy who are public servants shall have no right to use the
 advantages of their official or work related capacity.

 Candidates for Deputy who are public servants (except for the President of the
 Republic, Deputies of the National Assembly and members of the Government)
 shall be exempt from fulfilling their official responsibilities from the day of the
 official start of the election campaign by virtue of law until the voting day.
 The absence from work of the mentioned candidates within that period of time
 shall be considered valid without preservation of the remuneration.

3. Instituting criminal prosecution against a candidate for Deputy may not serve as
 a basis for prohibiting the exercise of his or her right to be elected.

 CHAPTER 16

 ELECTION CAMPAIGN DURING ELECTIONS
 OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY