§ Article 31(untitled)

eferendum commissions
 The preparation and conduct of the republican referendum is ensured by the following
commissions:
 territorial referendum commissions - regional, Minsk city, district, city (in cities of regional
subordination, except for cities with regional division), district referendum commissions in cities;
 precinct referendum commissions.
 When calling a republican referendum, the President of the Republic of Belarus may decide
not to form regional, Minsk city, district, city (in cities of regional subordination, except for cities
with regional divisions) referendum commissions, but entrust the exercise of their powers to
the existing regional, Minsk city, district, city (in cities of regional subordination) election
commissions.
 The preparation and conduct of a local referendum is ensured by:
 regional, Minsk city referendum - regional, Minsk city, district, city (in cities of regional
subordination, except for cities with district division), district in cities and precinct referendum
commissions;
 district, city (in cities of regional subordination), district in the city referendum - district, city,
district in the city and precinct referendum commissions;
 city (in cities of district subordination), township, rural referendum - city, township, rural and
precinct referendum commissions.
 When calling a local referendum, the local Council of Deputies that called the referendum
may decide not to form the appropriate referendum commissions, but to entrust the exercise
of their powers to the existing territorial election commissions.
 In the event of the appointment and holding of simultaneously republican and local
referendums, the commissions formed in the manner prescribed by this Code are common to
all simultaneously held referendums.
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EDUCATION, ORGANIZATION OF WORK AND POWERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMISSION