§ Article 141(untitled)

he procedure for holding a vote on recalling a deputy and summing up
 its results
 Voting on the recall of a deputy of the House of Representatives, a deputy of the local
Council of Deputies is secret and is carried out in the manner prescribed by Articles 50, 51, 52
and 54 of this Code.
 The voting is considered to have taken place if more than half of the voters included in the
lists of citizens entitled to participate in the vote to recall a deputy took part in it. A deputy is
considered recalled if more than half of the voters in the district who took part in the voting
voted for his recall.
 The recall of a deputy is considered rejected if less than half of the voters of the district who
took part in the voting voted for the recall, as well as if less than half of the voters included in
the lists of citizens entitled to participate in the vote on the recall of the deputy took part in the
voting. In case of equality of votes cast for and against the recall of a deputy, the deputy retains
his powers.
 Based on the protocols received from precinct commissions and drawn up in accordance
with the requirements of Article 55 of this Code, the voting results are established at a meeting
of the territorial election commission and entered into the protocol.
 The protocol of the regional, Minsk city election commission after establishing the results
of the vote on the recall of a deputy of the House of Representatives is sent to the Central
Commission.
 The Central Commission, the corresponding territorial election commission, after five days
from voting day, if more than half of the voters who took part in the voting voted for the recall
of the deputy and there are no grounds for considering the issue of recognizing the voting
results as invalid, makes a decision to recognize the deputy as recalled by voters.
 If the voters of the district did not vote for the recall of the deputy, the decision of the
Central Commission of the corresponding territorial election commission indicates that the
proposal to recall the deputy was rejected by the voters. Materials about this are respectively
transmitted to the House of Representatives and the local Council of Deputies.
 The Central Commission, the territorial election commission may recognize the results of
the vote to recall a deputy as invalid if during the voting, or during the counting of votes, or
when determining the voting results, violations of the requirements of this Code were
committed that affected the voting results. A complaint about such a violation is submitted by
a deputy or the head of the initiative group, respectively, to the Central Commission or the
territorial election commission no later than on the third day after voting.
 The decision of the Central Commission, territorial election commission to recognize the
voting results as invalid within three days from the date of the decision can be appealed by a
deputy, the head of the initiative group, respectively, to the Supreme Court of the Republic of
Belarus, regional, Minsk city, district, city court.
 If errors, inconsistencies are identified in the protocols of precinct, territorial election
commissions, as well as other violations committed during voting or during the counting of
votes, the Central Commission, a higher territorial election commission, on its own initiative or
at the request of a deputy, has the right to decide to recount the votes of the corresponding
territorial election commission. A deputy’s application for a recount of votes is submitted
accordingly to the Central Commission or a higher territorial election commission no later than
the third day after the vote to recall the deputy. The recount of votes is carried out by the
territorial election commission in the presence of a member (members) of the Central
Commission, a higher territorial election commission, and, if necessary, precinct commissions.
 The decision of the Central Commission based on the voting results on the recall of a deputy
of the House of Representatives within three days from the date of adoption may be appealed
by the deputy, the head of the initiative group, to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus.
 The decision of the territorial election commission based on the voting results on the recall
of a deputy of the regional, Minsk city, district, city, township, rural Council of Deputies in the
same manner and within the same period can be appealed, respectively, to the regional, Minsk
city, district, city court.