§ Article 68(untitled)

egistration of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for
 deputies
 Registration of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus is carried out by the
Central Commission, and candidates for deputies - by the corresponding district and territorial
election commission.
 Registration of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus begins 35 days and
ends 25 days before the elections, and candidates for deputies begins 40 days and ends 25 days
before the elections.
 In some cases, the period for registration of candidates for the President of the Republic of
Belarus, for deputies of the House of Representatives, by reasoned decision of the Central
Commission, may be extended, but not more than by five days, and the period for registration
of candidates for deputies of local Councils of Deputies - by the relevant district, territorial or
higher election commission for the same period.
 A person nominated as a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus, in the manner
prescribed by part three of Article 61 of this Code, submits the following documents to the
Central Commission before registration begins:
 a written statement of consent to run as a candidate for the President of the Republic of
Belarus;
 biographical data of the person nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic
of Belarus, in the form established by the Central Commission;
 certificates or copies of documents confirming information about the education, place of
work, position held as an employee (worker's profession, occupation) of the person nominated
as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, indicated in the documents on the
nomination of the candidate;
 declaration of income and property of a person nominated as a candidate for President of
the Republic of Belarus, his spouse and adult close relatives living with him and running a
common household, in a form approved by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
If a person nominated as a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus does not have
income for the declared period, the source of livelihood is indicated in the declaration. Persons
who have submitted declarations of income and property have the right to make corrections to
them before sending these declarations for verification to government bodies and
organizations. Corrections are made by crossing out incorrect information and indicating
correct information or information that supplements the declaration, or by submitting an
updated declaration.
 A person nominated as a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus and who has
created an election fund submits to the Central Commission a financial report on the
expenditure of funds from this fund within the period established by part fourteen of Article 48
1 of this Code .
 The Central Commission, the corresponding district, territorial election commission checks
the compliance of the procedure for nominating candidates for the President of the Republic
of Belarus, for deputies with the requirements of this Code and the accuracy of the information
in the documents submitted for registration.
 A person nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus or a deputy
has the right to get acquainted with the materials of verification of documents submitted for
registration.
 The decision to register a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus is made in the
presence of the documents specified in parts four and five of this article, and protocols of
regional and Minsk city commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
confirming the presence of at least 100 thousand signatures of voters for the nomination of a
candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus .
 The decision to register a candidate for deputy is made in the presence of the relevant
documents specified in Article 66 of this Code, received by the district or territorial election
commission before the start of registration.
 The Central Commission, the corresponding district, territorial election commission, having
established compliance of the procedure for nominating candidates for the President of the
Republic of Belarus, for deputies with the requirements of this Code, makes a decision on the
registration of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies and, within
two days after registration, issues the appropriate certificates to the candidates.
 The protocol on the registration of candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives,
regional, Minsk City Council of Deputies is submitted, respectively, to the Central Commission,
regional, Minsk City Election Commission.
 The powers of a person nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic of
Belarus, who is a member of the Central Commission, territorial, precinct commission for the
election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, are considered terminated from the
moment of registration as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus.
 The powers of a person nominated as a candidate for deputy of the House of
Representatives, a candidate for deputy of a local Council of Deputies that is part of the Central
Commission, district, territorial, precinct election commission are considered terminated from
the moment of registration as a candidate for deputy.
 The Central Commission, district, territorial election commission, no later than the fourth
day after registration of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies,
sends them to print media for publication, and also posts them on the official websites of the
Central Commission, local executive and administrative body in the global computer on the
Internet, a registration message indicating in relation to each candidate for the President of the
Republic of Belarus, for deputies, the surname, first name and patronymic (if any), date of birth,
position of the employee (worker's profession, occupation), place of work and place of
residence (city; urban-type settlement or rural settlement indicating the district), party
affiliation, as well as reliable information about income and property to the extent determined
by the Central Commission, or in another way informs voters about this. If a candidate for
deputy of the local Council of Deputies has previously had a criminal record, information about
this is indicated in the message. When holding elections of the President of the Republic of
Belarus, the Central Commission also sends to the print media for publication and places on its
official website on the global computer network the Internet reliable information about the
income and property of the persons specified in paragraph five of part four of this article.
 Article 68 1 . Refusal to register a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus,
 for deputy
 The Central Commission, district, territorial election commission refuses to register a
candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputy in the case of:
 non-compliance of the person nominated by the candidate with the requirements imposed
by this Code on the candidate;
 the presence of a court conviction that has entered into legal force against a person
nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for a deputy of the House
of Representatives;
 the presence of an unexpunged or outstanding criminal record of a person nominated as a
candidate for deputy of the local Council of Deputies;
 the presence of a person nominated as a candidate for deputy, citizenship (nationality) of
another state and (or) documents of foreign states that provide rights to benefits and
advantages in connection with political, religious views or nationality, except for the case
provided for in Article 58 of this Code ;
 failure to comply with the requirements provided for by this Code for the nomination of a
candidate;
 failure to submit one or more documents required for candidate registration;
 the number of valid voter signatures collected in support of the candidate’s nomination is
insufficient to register a candidate;
 use in the interests of the election of funds or other material assistance from foreign states
and organizations, foreign citizens and stateless persons, international organizations,
organizations whose founders (participants, property owners) are foreign states, foreign
organizations, international organizations, foreign citizens and stateless persons citizenship;
 the presence in the signature lists for the nomination of a candidate for President of the
Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Belarus as a whole of more than 15 percent of false
signatures out of the total number of verified signatures of voters;
 the presence in the signature sheets for the nomination of a candidate for deputy of more
than 15 percent of false signatures from the total number of verified signatures of voters;
 in other cases of non-compliance of the nomination procedure with the requirements of
this Code.
 The Central Commission, district, territorial election commission has the right to refuse
registration of a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputy in the case of:
 presentation in the declaration of income and property of a person nominated as a
candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, or other persons specified in paragraph
five of part four of Article 68 of this Code , persons nominated as candidates for deputies,
information that is not true and of a significant nature. An explanation of what untrue
information about income and property is of a significant nature is given by the Central
Commission;
 using the advantages of official position in the interests of election specified in part two of
Article 73 of this Code;
 participation of the organization’s administration in collecting voter signatures, coercion in
the process of collecting signatures and rewarding voters for submitting signatures;
 a person nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus or a deputy
exceeds by more than 20 percent the maximum amount of expenditure of the election fund
specified in part two of Article 48 1 of this Code , or uses the same amounts of funds in addition
to the funds of the election fund;
 repeated violation by a person nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic
of Belarus, a deputy, or an initiative group of the requirements of this Code and other acts of
election legislation, if they were previously given a warning.
 The decision of the Central Commission, district, territorial election commission to refuse
registration of a candidate, indicating the grounds for refusal to register, is issued no later than
the next day after the decision is made.
 The decision of the Central Commission to refuse registration as a candidate for the
President of the Republic of Belarus may be appealed by the person nominated as a candidate
for the President of the Republic of Belarus to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus
within three days from the date of the decision. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus
considers the complaint within three days, its decision is final.
 The decision of the district election commission to refuse registration as a candidate for
deputy may be appealed by the person nominated as a candidate for deputy to the relevant
regional, Minsk city election commission within three days from the date of the decision, and
the decision of the regional, Minsk city election commission within the same period may be
appealed to the regional, Minsk city court. The court considers the complaint within three days,
its decision is final.
 The decision of the territorial election commission to refuse registration as a candidate for
deputy of the local Council of Deputies can be appealed by the person nominated as a
candidate for deputy to a higher territorial election commission within