§ Article 80(untitled)

ntry into Force of this Federal Law

 1. This Federal Law shall enter into force in ten days after its official publication and
shall not be applied to legal relations that arose in relation to conduct of elections and referenda
called before it entered into force.

 2. It shall be established that the Federal Law of September 19, 1997, No. 124-FZ "On
Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to
Participate in a Referendum" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 1997, No. 38, art.
4339; 1999, No. 14, art. 1653; 2001, No. 29, art. 2944) shall be applied only to legal relations
that arouse in relation to conduct of elections and referenda called before this Federal Law
entered into force. It shall be established that the Federal Law of September 19, 1997, No. 124-
FZ "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian
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Federation to Participate in a Referendum" shall cease to be in force in the order specified in
Clause 3 of this Article.

 3. Upon expiration of six months from the day when this Federal Law enters into force,
the following shall cease to be in force:
 The Federal Law of September 19, 1997, No. 124-FZ "On Basic Guarantees of
Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a
Referendum" (Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 1997, No. 38, art. 4339);
 The Federal Law of March 30, 1999, No. 55-FZ "On Introduction of Amendments and
Additions to the Federal Law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of
Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum'" (Collection of Laws of the
Russian Federation, 1999, No. 14, art. 1653);
 Article 1 of the Federal Law of July 10, 2001, No. 89-FZ "On Introduction of
Amendments and Additions to the Federal Laws “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and
the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum' and “On the
Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation'"
(Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation, 2001, No. 29, art. 2944);

 4. Article 18 of this Federal Law shall not be applied to elections of deputies of the
House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Union State of the first convocation from the
Russian Federation conducted under the federal law.

 5. If the legislation of the subject of the Russian Federation does not comply with Clause
16, Article 35 of this Federal Law, the said Clause shall not be applied to elections in this
subject of the Russian Federation called before July 14, 2003. Within this period the legislation
of the subject of the Russian Federation shall be brought into compliance with Clause 16,
Article 35 of this Federal Law. This period shall not be applied if less than three regional
branches of political parties are registered in the territory of the subject of the Russian
Federation, and the legislation of such subject of the Russian Federation shall be brought into
compliance with Clause 16, Article 35 of this Federal Law before the expiration of one month
from the day on which regional branches of at least three political parties are registered. The
legislation of the subject of the Russian Federation may also be brought into compliance with
Clause 16, Article 35 of this Federal Law before the expiration of the above periods.

 6. Ceased to be in force. – The Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ.

 7. Provisions of Clause 9, Article 4 and Clause 6, Article 70 of this Federal Law shall not
applied to elective officials of bodies of local self-government that are deputies of legislative
(representative) bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation elected before
May 13, 2002.
(Clause 7 introduced by the Federal Law of June 29, 2005, No.69-FZ)