§ Article 39(untitled)

owers of regional and Minsk city commissions for elections of the
 President of the Republic of Belarus, referendum
 Regional, Minsk city commissions for the elections of the President of the Republic of
Belarus, on referendum:
 1) organize the holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, republican,
regional, Minsk city referendum and monitor compliance with the requirements of this Code
and other acts of legislation on elections, referendums in the territory of the region, the city of
Minsk;
 2) manage the activities of district, city, district in cities and precinct commissions;
 3) hear reports from officials (employees) of local executive and administrative bodies,
organizations on issues related to the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums;
 4) control the compilation of lists of citizens entitled to participate in elections, referendums,
and their presentation for review;
 5) manage funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums;
distribute part of these funds among lower-level commissions for holding elections of the
President of the Republic of Belarus, republican, regional, Minsk city referendum and exercise
control over the targeted use of allocated funds; control the provision of commissions with
premises, transport, communications, consider other issues of material, technical and
organizational support for elections, referendums;
 6) consider applications and complaints about decisions and actions of lower commissions
and make decisions on them;
 7) establish the voting results for the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
the republican referendum in the region, the city of Minsk and report them to the Central
Commission, establish the results of the regional, Minsk city referendum.
 Regional, Minsk city commissions for elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
in addition to the powers provided for in part one of this article, when conducting elections of
the President of the Republic of Belarus:
 1) exercise control over compliance by the initiative group of citizens for nominating a
candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus with the requirements of this Code when
collecting signatures and ensure the reliability of data on the number of such signatures;
 2) draw up, on the basis of the protocols of district, city, city district commissions for the
election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, protocols on establishing the number of
citizens who have signed in support of the proposal to nominate a candidate for President of
the Republic of Belarus in the region, the city of Minsk, and send them to the Central
Commission ;
 3) exercise control over compliance with equal legal conditions for the election activities of
candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus.
 Regional, Minsk city referendum commissions, in addition to the powers provided for in
part one of this article, when conducting a republican, regional, Minsk city referendum:
 1) assist the media in explaining the content of the issue submitted to the referendum;
 1 1 ) ensure the production of ballots for voting on the regional, Minsk city referendum and
the supply of them to district, city, and city-district referendum commissions;
 2) ensure the publication of the results of the referendum in the region and the city of Minsk
in local media.
 The commissions specified in this article exercise other powers in accordance with this Code
and other acts of legislation.
 The powers of the regional and Minsk city commissions for the elections of the President of
the Republic of Belarus terminate after the publication of the results of the elections of the
President of the Republic of Belarus.
 The powers of regional and Minsk city referendum commissions are terminated after the
referendum decision comes into force.

 Article 39 1 . Powers of regional and Minsk city election commissions
 Regional, Minsk city election commissions:
 1) organize elections of deputies of the House of Representatives, deputies of the regional,
Minsk City Council of Deputies, voting on the recall of a deputy of the House of Representatives,
deputies of the regional, Minsk City Council of Deputies and exercise control over compliance
with the requirements of this Code and other acts of legislation on elections, recall of a deputy
in the territory region, the city of Minsk;
 2) manage the activities of district and precinct election commissions;
 3) hear reports from officials (employees) of local executive and administrative bodies,
organizations on issues related to the preparation and conduct of elections, recall of a deputy;
 4) exercise control over compliance with equal legal conditions for the election activities of
candidates for deputies;
 5) control the compilation of lists of citizens who have the right to participate in elections,
voting on the recall of a deputy, and their presentation for review;
 6) manage the funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of elections, voting on the
recall of a deputy, distribute part of these funds among lower-level election commissions and
exercise control over the intended use of the allocated funds; control the provision of lower-
level election commissions with premises, transport, communications, consider other issues of
material, technical and organizational support for elections, recall of a deputy;
 7) exercise control over the receipt and use of funds from election funds of persons
nominated as candidates for deputies, candidates for deputies;
 8) consider applications and complaints about decisions and actions of lower-level election
commissions and make decisions on them.
 Regional, Minsk city election commissions, in addition to the powers provided for in part
one of this article, when conducting elections of deputies of the House of Representatives:
 1) submit to the Central Commission protocols of district election commissions on the
registration of candidates for deputies in electoral districts formed in the territory of the region,
the city of Minsk;
 2) control the production of ballots for elections of deputies of the House of Representatives
and the supply of them to precinct election commissions;
 3) establish the results of elections of deputies of the House of Representatives in the region,
the city of Minsk, submit to the Central Commission protocols of district election commissions
on the results of elections in electoral districts;
 4) organize the holding of repeat elections and elections of deputies to replace those who
have retired.
 Regional, Minsk city election commissions, in addition to the powers provided for in part
one of this article, during elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies:
 1) sum up the results of elections to the regional and Minsk City Council of Deputies and
submit information about this to the Central Commission; register elected deputies; publish a
message about the election results and a list of elected deputies of the regional and Minsk City
Council of Deputies;
 2) organize repeat elections of deputies of the regional, Minsk City Council of Deputies and
elections of deputies to replace those who retired;
 3) convene the first session of the newly elected regional, Minsk City Council of Deputies.
 Regional, Minsk city election commissions, in addition to the powers provided for in part
one of this article, when voting on the recall of a deputy of the House of Representatives, a
deputy of the regional, Minsk City Council of Deputies:
 1) register an initiative group to collect signatures in support of the proposal to initiate the
issue of recalling a deputy of the regional, Minsk City Council of Deputies;
 2) call a vote on the recall of a deputy of the regional, Minsk City Council of Deputies;
 3) approve the text of the ballot for voting on the recall of a deputy, ensure the production
of ballots and supply of them to precinct commissions;
 4) establish the results of voting on the recall of a deputy of the House of Representatives,
draw up a protocol on this and send it to the Central Commission;
 5) establish the results of voting on the recall of a deputy of the regional, Minsk City Council
of Deputies and make a decision on recognizing the deputy as recalled by voters.
 The commissions specified in this article exercise other powers in accordance with this Code
and other acts of legislation.
 The powers of regional and Minsk city election commissions are retained until elections of
deputies are called on a single voting day.