§ Article 42(untitled)

tatus of Members of Referendum Initiative Group and Other Groups of
Referendum Participants

 1. Members and authorized representatives of a referendum initiative group shall not
take advantage of their official position in order to put forward and support a referendum
initiative, obtain a certain answer to the referendum question.

 2. It may be provided for by the law that after a referendum initiative group is registered,
other groups of referendum participants may be established and registered by referendum
commissions, and that the leading bodies of public associations, leading bodies of regional
branches or other structural subdivisions of public associations the statutes of which allow
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participation in elections and (or) referenda and which were registered in accordance with the
procedure established by the federal law at a level corresponding to the level of the referendum
or a higher level not later than in six months before the day when the referendum initiative was
put forward may operate in the capacity of such groups. It shall be provided by the law that the
leading bodies of political parties, regional branches and other structural subdivisions of political
parties may act in the capacity of such groups, in accordance with the level of a referendum.
Provisions of this Federal Law governing the activities of a referendum initiative group after its
registration, its members and authorized representatives shall also apply to other groups of
referendum participants, their members and authorized representatives unless otherwise
provided by this Federal Law.