§ Article 40(untitled)

owers of district and city commissions for the election of the President of
 the Republic of Belarus, election commissions, referendum commissions
 District, city (in cities of regional subordination) commissions for the election of the
President of the Republic of Belarus, election commissions, referendum commissions:
 1) organize elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the district, city
Council of Deputies, republican, regional, district, city referendum, voting on the recall of a
deputy of the district, city (in cities of regional and district subordination), township, village
Council of Deputies and exercise control over compliance with the requirements of this Code
and other acts of legislation on elections, referendums, recall of a deputy in the territory of a
district or city;
 2) manage the activities of precinct commissions;
 3) excluded;
 4) hear reports from officials (employees) of local executive and administrative bodies,
organizations on issues related to the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums, recall
of a deputy of the local Council of Deputies;
 5) control the compilation of lists of citizens who have the right to participate in elections,
referendums, voting on the recall of a deputy, and their presentation for review;
 6) manage funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums, and
recall of a deputy; distribute part of these funds between precinct commissions for holding
elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies, referendums and exercise control
over the intended use of the allocated funds; control the provision of commissions with
premises, transport, communications, consider other issues of material, technical and
organizational support for elections, referendums, and recall of a deputy;
 7) consider applications and complaints about decisions and actions of lower commissions
and make decisions on them.
 District, city (in cities of regional subordination) 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) excluded;
 2) manage the activities of city (cities of regional subordination), township, and rural election
commissions;
 2 1 ) exercise control over the receipt and use of funds from the election funds of persons
nominated as candidates for deputies, candidates for deputies;
 3) register initiative groups of citizens to collect signatures of voters in support of persons
proposed for nomination as candidates for deputies; issue members of initiative groups with
appropriate certificates;
 4) excluded;
 5) register candidates for deputies, their proxies, representatives on financial issues and
issue them the appropriate certificates;
 6) approve the texts of ballots for elections of deputies of the district and city Council of
Deputies for each electoral district; ensure the production of ballots and supply of them to
precinct commissions;
 7) assist candidates for deputy in organizing meetings with voters in the manner established
by this Code;
 8) sum up the results of elections to the district and city Council of Deputies and submit
information about this to the regional election commission; register elected deputies; publish a
message about the election results, a list of elected deputies of the district, city Council of
Deputies and issue certificates to the elected deputies;
 9) excluded;
 10) excluded;
 11) convene the first session of the newly elected district and city Council of Deputies.
 District election commissions organize repeat elections of deputies of the district, city (in
cities of regional subordination), settlement, rural Council of Deputies and elections of deputies
in place of those who have retired, city (in cities of regional subordination) election commissions
- repeat elections of deputies of the city Council of Deputies and elections of deputies in place
of those who have retired .
 District election commissions when recalling a deputy of a district, city (in cities of regional
subordination), settlement, village Council of Deputies, city (in cities of regional subordination)
election commissions when conducting a recall of a deputy of a city Council of Deputies:
 1) register initiative groups to collect signatures in support of the proposal to initiate the
issue of recalling a deputy;
 2) call a vote to recall the deputy;
 3) approve the text of the ballot on the recall of a deputy, ensure the production of ballots
and supply them to precinct commissions;
 4) establish the results of voting on the recall of a deputy and make a decision on
recognizing the deputy as recalled by voters.
 District and city commissions for the 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) sum up the results for the district, city on the number of citizens who put their signatures
in support of the proposal to nominate a candidate for President, draw up protocols about this
and send them to the regional, Minsk city commission for the elections of the President of the
Republic of Belarus.
 District, city commissions for the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, for
holding a republican, regional, Minsk city, district, city referendum, except for the powers
provided for in part one of this article, during the elections of the President of the Republic of
Belarus, republican, regional, Minsk city, district, city referendum:
 1) provide precinct commissions with ballots for the election of the President of the Republic
of Belarus and ballots for voting on the republican, regional, Minsk city, district, city referendum;
 2) establish the voting results for the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
for the republican, regional, Minsk city referendum in the district, city and report them to the
regional, Minsk city commission; establish the results of voting in district and city referendums.
 District, city commissions for the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
election commissions, in addition to the powers provided for in part one of this article, during
elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of local Councils of Deputies,
exercise control over compliance with equal legal conditions for the election activities of
candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies local Councils of Deputies.
 District and city referendum commissions, in addition to the powers provided for in part
one of this article, during a referendum, assist the media in explaining the content of the issue
submitted to the referendum; ensure the publication of the results of the referendum for the
district or city in the local media.
 District city commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, for the
republican, regional, Minsk city referendum exercise the powers of the district, city commissions
for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus and for the referendum, provided
for by this article.
 The commissions specified in this article exercise other powers in accordance with this Code
and other acts of legislation.
 The powers of district, city, city district commissions for the election of the President of the
Republic of Belarus are terminated after the publication of the results of the election of the
President of the Republic of Belarus.
 The powers of district and city election commissions are retained until the appointment of
elections of deputies on a single voting day.
 The powers of district, city, and city-district referendum commissions are terminated after
the referendum decision comes into force.