§ Article 155(untitled)

asic terms used in this Code
 The following basic terms are used in this Code:
 propaganda materials - printed, audio, audiovisual and other materials containing signs of
election campaigning, campaigning for a referendum, recall of a deputy and intended for mass
distribution, publication during elections, referendum, recall of a deputy;
 election campaigning (pre-election campaigning) - activities carried out during the election
campaign and aimed at inducing or inducing voters to vote or not to vote for a candidate,
candidates or to vote against all candidates;
 referendum campaigning - activities carried out during the referendum campaign, aimed at
inducing or encouraging citizens to support a proposal to hold a referendum, to accept a
question put to a referendum, or to refuse to support a proposal to hold a referendum, to
accept a question put to a referendum;
 elections – elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, delegates of the All-
Belarusian People's Assembly, deputies of the House of Representatives, members of the
Council of the Republic, deputies of local Councils of Deputies, conducted on the basis of the
Constitution of the Republic of Belarus and this Code;
 deputy - a person elected by voters of the relevant electoral district to the House of
Representatives or local Council of Deputies on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage
by secret ballot;
 voter is a citizen of the Republic of Belarus who, in accordance with the Constitution of the
Republic of Belarus and this Code, has the right to elect to state bodies and to public positions;
 election campaign - activities related to the preparation and conduct of elections, carried
out during the period from the day of official publication of the decision of the President of the
Republic of Belarus or a state body authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus,
this Code to call elections until the day of publication of the election results;
 referendum campaign - activities for the preparation and conduct of a referendum, carried
out during the period from the date of registration of the initiative group for holding a
referendum or from the date of the decision to call a referendum until the day the commission
organizing the preparation and conduct of the referendum publishes the results of the
referendum or until the day the decision is made to reject referendum;
 commissions – commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
election commissions, referendum commissions, commissions for voting on the recall of a
deputy;
 electoral district - the territory from which the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies
of the House of Representatives, deputies of local Councils of Deputies are directly elected by
citizens of the Republic of Belarus;
 candidate - a person registered by the relevant commission as a candidate for the position
of President of the Republic of Belarus, a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives,
a candidate for member of the Council of the Republic, a candidate for deputy of the local
Council of Deputies. A person nominated in the manner prescribed by this Code as a candidate
for delegate to the All-Belarusian People's Assembly is also recognized as a candidate;
 observer - a representative of a political party, other public association, labor collective,
citizens, monitoring the preparation and conduct of elections, referendums, recall of a deputy
in accordance with the procedure established by this Code;
 foreign (international) observer - a person representing a foreign state or international
organization who acquires the right to monitor the preparation and conduct of elections,
referendums, and recall of a deputy in accordance with the procedure established by this Code;
 referendum participant – a citizen of the Republic of Belarus who has the right to vote and
takes part in the referendum;
 location of a citizen - the place of actual location of the citizen at his place of residence or
place of stay, which is located within the boundaries of the voting precinct where he is
registered;
 informing voters, referendum participants - activities related to the preparation and
dissemination of information on the progress of the election campaign, referendum campaign,
voting on the recall of a deputy, member of the Council of the Republic, on the formation and
activities of commissions, on electoral districts, polling stations, on the procedure for forming
and changing the list voters, referendum participants, the procedure for participating in voting,
the voting procedure, the results of voting, elections, referendum, recall, as well as information
about the candidate (candidates), his (their) program, the issue submitted to the referendum,
which does not contain signs of election campaigning, campaigning by referendum;
 information materials - printed, audio, audiovisual and other materials of commissions, local
representative, executive and administrative bodies, the media, containing information about
the progress of the election campaign, referendum campaign, voting on the recall of a deputy,
member of the Council of the Republic; official information from commissions and the media
about the candidate (candidates) and his (their) program, the issue submitted for a referendum,
which does not create preferences for any candidate and does not contain signs of pre-election
campaigning, referendum campaigning;
 television debates - statements by two or more candidates for the President of the Republic
of Belarus, for deputies of the House of Representatives on a wide range of socially significant
issues, including messages regarding the election programs of other candidates, made on
television during a public exchange of opinions and questions;
 a representative of a mass media is a journalist of a mass media or a person who has a
document certifying his authority as a representative of a legal entity entrusted with the
functions of the editorial office of a mass media, as well as a journalist of a foreign mass media
with a document confirming the accreditation of a journalist of a foreign mass media in Republic
of Belarus;
 voluntary donation by a citizen - a gratuitous contribution by a citizen of the Republic of
Belarus of his own funds to the special election account of a person nominated as a candidate
for President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies, a candidate for President of the Republic
of Belarus, for deputies, to a special account of the initiative group for holding a referendum or
to an extra-budgetary fund, created by the Central Commission;
 voluntary donation by a legal entity - a gratuitous transfer by a legal entity of funds from
its current account to the special election account of a person nominated as a candidate for the
President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies, a candidate for the President of the Republic
of Belarus, for deputies, to a special account of the initiative group for holding a referendum or
extra-budgetary fund created by the Central Commission.
 Article 155 1 . The procedure for storing documents on elections, referendums, recall
 of a deputy, member of the Council of the Republic
 The procedure for storing and transferring documents of the Central Commission to the
archive is carried out in accordance with the legislation in the field of archival affairs and office
work.
 Documents of commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus,
election commissions, referendum commissions, for holding a vote on the recall of a deputy
after the completion of the elections, referendum, voting on the recall of a deputy are stored in
the manner prescribed by parts three to eight of this article.
 Minutes of meetings and documents thereto:
 regional and Minsk city commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of
Belarus, regional and Minsk city election commissions, district election commissions, regional
and Minsk city referendum commissions are stored in the regional, Minsk city executive
committees for 10 years, and then transferred as part of the funds of these bodies for storage
in state archives;
 district, city (in cities of regional subordination), district in cities commissions for the election
of the President of the Republic of Belarus are stored in the corresponding district, city executive
committees, local administrations for 5 years, and then, as part of the funds of these bodies, are
transferred for storage to state archives;
 district, city, town, village election commissions, district, city, town, village, district
referendum commissions are stored in the relevant district, city, town, village executive
committees, local administrations for 5 years, and then as part of the funds of these bodies are
transferred for storage to state archives;
 precinct commissions for the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, precinct
election commissions, precinct commissions for a referendum, for voting on the recall of a
deputy are stored in the bodies that formed the commissions for 5 years, and then, as part of
the funds of these bodies, are transferred for storage to the state archives.
 Signature sheets for collecting citizen signatures in support of:
 nominations of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus are stored in the
relevant district, city executive committees, local administrations;
 persons proposed for nomination as candidates for deputies are stored in the bodies that
formed the relevant district and territorial election commissions;
 proposals to hold a republican, local referendum are stored in the relevant district, city
executive committees, local administrations;
 proposals to initiate the issue of recalling a deputy are stored in the regional, Minsk city,
district, city, settlement, and rural executive committees.
 Bulletins:
 for elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies are stored in the relevant
district, city, village, rural executive committees, local administrations;
 on elections of members of the Council of the Republic, voting on the recall of a member
of the Council of the Republic are stored in the relevant regional, Minsk city executive
committees;
 for voting on a referendum and for voting on the recall of a deputy are stored in the relevant
district, city, town, village executive committees and local administrations.
 The storage period for signature sheets for collecting signatures, as well as ballots for
elections, for voting on a referendum, voting on the recall of a deputy is six months after
election day, the day of voting on a referendum, voting on the recall of a deputy.
 Financial reports on receipt and expenditure of funds:
 election funds of persons nominated as candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus,
candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus, funds of the initiative group for holding a
republican referendum are stored in the Central Commission for 5 years;
 election funds of persons nominated as candidates for deputies, candidates for deputies
are stored in the relevant regional, Minsk city, district, city, settlement, rural executive
committees for 5 years;
 funds of the initiative group for holding a local referendum are stored in the relevant local
executive and administrative bodies for one year.
 Lists of citizens entitled to participate in elections, referendums, voting on the recall of a
deputy, precinct commissions are transferred to the executive and administrative bodies that
formed the corresponding precinct commissions, where they are stored until new elections or
referendums are held.
 Minutes of meetings and joint decisions of the presidiums of local Councils of Deputies and
the relevant executive committees, decisions of meetings of deputies of local Councils of
Deputies of the basic level of the region, the Minsk City Council of Deputies on the elections of
members of the Council of the Repu