§ Article 8(untitled)

erm of Powers of Bodies of State Power and Local Self-Government

 1. The terms for which federal bodies of state power, bodies of state power of the
subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local self-government, and their respective
deputies are elected, and the terms of powers of such bodies and deputies shall be
established, respectively, by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws,
constitutions (statutes), laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation, statutes of
municipalities. Such established term shall not exceed five years. The day of expiration of the
terms of powers of state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation, bodies of local
self-government, deputies of these bodies, is the second Sunday of March of the year when the
terms of powers of these bodies or deputies expire, and in case stipulated by Clause 8, Article
811 of this Federal Law – the second Sunday of October of the year when the terms of power of
these bodies or deputies expire (in the year of election of deputies of the State Duma of the
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the next convocation – the voting day in such
elections). If the second Sunday of March or the second Sunday of October of the year when
the terms of powers of these bodies or deputies expire coincides with a holiday or preceding
day or day following a holiday, the second Sunday of March or the second Sunday of October
is declared in the stipulated manner a working day, and the day of expiration of the period to
which these bodies or deputies are elected is correspondingly the first Sunday of March, the
first Sunday of October. Coincidence of the voting days in elections of the various levels in the
result of which a voter will have a possibility to vote simultaneously with four voting ballots
except ballots issued in connection to early, repeat or by-elections, is not allowed.
(Clause 1 as amended by the Federal Law of July 19, 2009, No.196-FZ)

 2. Any change (prolongation or reduction) of the term of powers of operating bodies or
deputies referred to in Clause 1 of this Article is not allowed except the cases stipulated by
Clauses 6, 9 and 10, Article 811 and Clauses 4 and 6, Article 82 of this Federal Law. A
regulation that changes (prolongs or reduces) the term for which bodies of state power, bodies
of local self-government, deputies are elected, and/or the term of powers of a body of state
power, a body of local self-government, or a deputy as established by a federal law, the
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constitution (statute), a law of the subject of the Russian Federation, the statute of municipal
formation shall apply only to the bodies or deputies that are elected in elections called after this
regulation comes into force.
(as amended by the Federal Laws of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ, of July 22, 2008, No.149-FZ, of
March 8, 2011, No.34-FZ)

 3. In the event the terms of powers of operating bodies or deputies referred to in Clause
1 of this Article expires within a period during which a state of emergency or martial law is in
effect, such bodies or deputies shall exercise their powers until such state of emergency or
martial law ceases to be effective and new bodies or deputies are elected.