§ Article 41(untitled)

uarantees for Activity of Registered Candidates

 1. At a written request or report of a registered candidate, administration of organization,
commanding officer of military unit, head of the body of internal affairs where the candidate
works, serves, undergoes alternative civil service or military training, studies shall relieve the
candidate from work, service, studies on any day and for any time in the period from the day of
the candidate's registration to the day of the official publication of the election results.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. During the election period, a registered candidate shall not, at the initiative of
administration (employer), be dismissed from his job, service, expelled from an educational
institution, transferred to another job without his consent, sent on business trips, called up for
military service or military training or sent for alternative civil service.

 3. The time of participation of a registered candidate in the election shall be included in
his overall service time in accordance with his specialty before the registration as a candidate.

 4. A registered candidate shall not be subjected to criminal prosecution, arrested and no
administrative punishments shall be imposed on such candidate by a court without the consent
of the Chairman of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation, head of investigative
body of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation (according to elections level).
Petition to court for detention of a registered candidate may be filed only with consent of the
Chairman of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation, head of investigative body
of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation (according to elections level). Upon
giving such consent, the Chairman of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation,
head of investigative body of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation, the
prosecutor shall notify election commission that registered such candidate to this effect.
(as amended by the Federal Laws of July 24, 2007, No.214-FZ, of December 28, 2010,
No.404-FZ)

 5. A candidate shall forfeit the rights and be relieved of the responsibilities associated
with the status of a candidate, with the exception of responsibilities referred to in Clause 9,
Article 59 of this Federal Law, from the time of the official publication of the general data on the
election results, or, in the event of an early withdrawal from the elections, on the date of such
withdrawal. If corresponding election commission sets, in accordance with the law, a repeat
voting, the candidates who are not included in the repeat voting shall forfeit their status on the
day for which the election commission sets the repeat voting.

 6. In case referred to in Clause 3, Article 71 of this Federal Law, the candidate who
takes the place of a removed candidate, shall acquire the rights and responsibilities associated
with the status of a candidate.