§ Article 144(untitled)

Transitional and final provisions

1. This Code shall enter into force from 1 June 2016.

2. The Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia adopted on 26 May 2011 shall be
 repealed upon the entry into force of this Code, except for cases prescribed by
 part 3 of this Article.

3. The elections of head of community and members of council of elders called
 before 1 September 2017 shall be organised and held in accordance with the
 regulations of the Electoral Code of 26 May 2011", except for the provisions
 restricting the right to elect and to be elected during elections of head of
 community and member of council of elders, which is regulated in accordance
 with the provisions prescribed by this Code.

 After the entry into force of this Code elections of council of elders shall be held

 in Gyumri and Vanadzor communities under the proportional electoral system

 provided for by this Code, while elections of head of community and member of

 council of elders shall not be held. The voting for the elections of councils of

 elders called in Gyumri and Vanadzor communities before 1 September 2017

 shall be organised and held, and the election results shall be summarised by

 constituency (district) electoral commissions in accordance with the regulations

 of the Electoral Code of 26 May 2011 prescribed for the election of the Council of

 Elders of Yerevan.

 Before 1 September 2017, during elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri,
 Vanadzor, as well as of head of community and member of council of elders, the
 lists of electors shall be drawn up in accordance with the requirements of the
 Electoral Code of 26 May 2011 for lists of electors, which includes persons,

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 prescribed by this Code, having the right to elect during elections of local self-
 government bodies.

 Accreditation of non-governmental organisations carrying out observation
 missions during elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor, head of
 community and members of council of elders shall be carried out in accordance
 with the provisions of the Electoral Code of 26 May 2011. Qualification
 certificates shall not be required from observers of organisations carrying out
 observation mission, and the requirement prescribed by part 8 of Article 31 of
 this Code shall be effective from 1 January 2017.

 The Central Electoral Commission may, before 1 September 2017, adopt a
 decision on organising and holding, as a pilot project, voting for the elections of
 local self-government bodies in separate communities in accordance with the
 regulations of this Code. Subject to the implementation of the pilot project, the
 Central Electoral Commission shall be entitled to change the day of voting for
 self-government body by setting a new day.

4. The Central and constituency electoral commissions functioning before the entry
 into force of this Code shall exercise their powers until the day of convening the
 first sitting after formation of the Central and district electoral commissions,
 respectively, as provided for by this Code.

 Where the term of powers of any member of the Central Electoral Commission
 expires before the entry into force of this Code before formation of the new
 Central Electoral Commission, those members shall continue to hold office until
 the formation of the new Central Electoral Commission.

5. The Central Electoral Commission must be formed before 1 November 2016.

 The first sitting of the Central Electoral Commission shall be convened on the
 3rd working day following the formation of the Central Electoral Commission, at
 12:00. The Central Electoral Commission shall be considered as formed upon the
 election of the 2/3 of the composition of the Commission.

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6. The Central Electoral Commission shall — before 1 December 2016 — designate the
 service areas of district electoral commissions, the seats and numbers of district
 electoral commissions. District electoral commissions shall be formed within a 21-day
 period after designating the service areas of district electoral commissions and the
 seats of district electoral commissions. The 1st sittings of district electoral commissions
 shall be called by the Central Electoral Commission.

7. Part 6 of Article 42 of this Code shall enter into force from the moment of
 assuming of powers by the newly-elected President of the Republic.

8. After the entry into force of this Code, before the elections of the new National
 Assembly, in part 5 of Article 44 of this Code number 90 shall be taken as the
 number of mandates of Deputies of the National Assembly, whereas the number
 of mandates received by a political party under the proportional electoral system
 of the National Assembly shall be taken as the number of mandates received by a
 political party of the National Assembly.

9. The requirement prescribed by Article 97 and Article 98 of this Code on coming
 to an agreement as to and recommending a candidate for Prime Minister shall
 enter into force from the moment of assuming of powers by the newly-elected
 President of the Republic.

10. After the entry into force of this Code before the election of the new National
 Assembly, the mandate of the Deputy — who has been elected under the
 proportional electoral system of the National Assembly and whose powers have
 early terminated — shall be given to the next candidate in sequence in the
 electoral list of that political party upon a protocol of the Central Electoral
 Commission within a 1-week period after notifying the Commission. Where there
 is no other candidate in the electoral list, the mandate shall remain vacant.

11. After the entry into force of this Code, before the election of the new National
 Assembly, the mandate of the Deputy — who has been elected under the
 majoritarian electoral system of the National Assembly and whose powers have
 early terminated — shall remain vacant.

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12. After the entry into force of this Code, regulatory decisions of the Central
 Electoral Commission shall be effective to the extent they are not in conflict with
 this Code.

13. Qualification certificates for being included in an electoral commission and
 certificates for carrying out observation mission received based on a test in
 accordance with the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia adopted on

 26 May 2011, shall be considered as invalid from 31 December 2016.

14. Before 1 January 2021 during elections of the National Assembly, the Councils of
 Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, in the first part of the national electoral
 list of a political party, alliance of political parties and each of the political parties
 included in the alliance, the number of representatives of each sex, starting from
 the 1st place on the list, must not exceed 75 per cent in each integer group of 4
 (1-4, 1-8, 1-12 and subsequently up to the end of the list), and the number of
 representatives of each sex in the district electoral list of a political party (alliance
 of political parties) running in elections must not exceed 75 per cent.

15. Before 1 January 2021 during elections of the National Assembly, the mandate of
 a Deputy — who has waived the mandate under the first part of the national
 electoral list or who has been elected as Deputy therefrom and whose powers
 have been early terminated — shall be given to the next candidate in sequence in
 the first part of the national electoral list of that political party upon a protocol of
 the Central Electoral Commission, within a 1-week period after notifying the
 Commission thereon, and where as a result of it, the number of representatives
 of any sex in the given faction falls below and results in less than 20 per cent, it
 shall be given to the next candidate of less represented sex in the first part of the
 national electoral list of that political party, if any.

16. Before 1 January 2021 during elections of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan,
 Gyumri, Vanadzor, the mandate of a member of council of elders — who has
 waived the mandate or who has been elected and whose powers have been early

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 terminated — shall be given to the next candidate in sequence of the electoral
 list of that political party (alliance of political parties) upon a protocol of the
 relevant electoral commission, within a 1-week period after notifying the
 commission thereon, and where as a result of it, the number of representatives
 of any sex in the given faction falls below and results in less than 20 per cent, it
 shall be given to the next candidate of less represented sex in the electoral list of
 that political party (alliance of political parties), if any.

17. Norms prescribed by his Code for a judge shall apply also to members of the

 Constitutional Court.

 (Article 144 supplemented, amended by HO-119-N of 30 June 2016)