§ Article 115(untitled)

Campaign fund of candidates for head of community and
 member of council of elders

1. Candidate for member of council of elders and for head of community having up
 to 10 000 electors shall set up a campaign fund provided that he or she will use
 or has already used an amount exceeding the 500-fold of the minimum salary for
 funding the conduct of the election campaign through the mass media, renting
 halls, premises (except for election campaign offices), preparing (placing),
 acquiring a campaign poster, printed campaign and other materials, preparing
 all types of campaign materials (including printed materials) to be provided to
 electors.

2. The campaign fund shall be formed by the voluntary contributions referred to in

 Article 26 of this Code.

 In case of having up to 10 000 electors, a candidate for head of community and

 member of council of elders shall have the right to make contribution to his or

 her fund in the amount of up to 150-fold, and the political party having

 nominated him or her — in the amount of up to 200-fold of the minimum salary.

 In case of having 10 000 and more electors, a candidate for head of community

 and member of council of elders shall have the right to make contribution to his

 or her fund in the amount of up to 500-fold, and the political party having

 nominated him or her — in the amount of up to 1 000-fold of the minimum

 salary.

3. Any natural person may make a voluntary contribution to the campaign fund of a

 candidate in the amount of up to, respectively:

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 (1) 50-fold of the minimum salary in case of a community having up to 10 000

 electors;

 (2) 100-fold of the minimum salary in case of a community having more than

 10 000 electors.

4. During the election campaign, for the purpose of funding the conduct of the

 election campaign through the mass media, renting halls, premises (except for

 election campaign offices), preparing (placing), acquiring a campaign poster,

 printed campaign and other materials, preparing any types of campaign

 materials (including printed materials) to be provided to electors, the candidate

 for head of community shall have the right to spend:

 (1) a sum in the amount of 3 000-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having up to 4 000 electors;

 (2) a sum in the amount of 7 000-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having from 4 000 to 10 000 electors;

 (3) a sum in the amount of 15 000-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having from 10 000 to 70 000 electors;

 (4) a sum in the amount of 25 000-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having more than 70 000 electors;

 while a candidate for member of council of elders:

 (5) a sum in the amount of 500-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having up to 4 000 electors;

 (6) a sum in the amount of 1 000-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having from 4 000 to 10 000 electors;

 (7) a sum in the amount of 3 000-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having from 10 000 to 70 000 electors;

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 (8) a sum in the amount of 5 000-fold of the minimum salary in case of

 a community having more than 70 000 electors.

5. The number of electors, referred to in this Article, for each community shall

 be calculated based on the number in the Register of Electors.

 (Article 115 supplemented by HO-119-N of 30 June 2016)