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1. The Central Election Commission shall take a decision cancelling the registration of an
individual MP candidate included in the party’s nationwide or nationwide and regional electoral lists
and regional electoral lists, excluding him or her from the respective electoral lists, in the case if:
 1) no later than twenty-six days prior to the day of voting, the MP candidate has submitted in
 person a statement withdrawing from the election notarized pursuant to the procedure
 established by the Law of Ukraine “On Notaries”.
 2) no later than twenty-six days prior to the day of voting, the respective party has requested
 that the MP candidate’s registration be cancelled based on a decision adopted in accordance
 with the party’s charter, which shall be appended to such an address and shall be signed by
 the party’s chair and affixed with the party’s seal;
 3) receipt of the information from the competent authority that confirms the fact of
 termination of an MP candidate’s citizenship of Ukraine;
 4) receipt of the information from the competent authority that confirms the fact of
 departure of an MP candidate abroad for permanent residence;
 5) receipt from the court of a duly certified copy of a court decision declaring an MP
 candidate incapacitated;
 6) entry into force of a court decision convicting the nominee of a deliberate crime;
 7) inclusion of a candidate in the electoral lists of several parties on the basis of his or her
 statements for confirmation of consent to be nominated as a candidate from the
 respective parties;
 8) discovery of circumstances depriving the nominee of the right to be elected.
 In the event of receipt of applications provided for in clauses 1, 2 of this Part, the Central Election
Commission shall adopt a decision cancelling the registration of the MP candidate, excluding him or
her from the party’s nationwide and regional electoral lists, within two days from the day of receipt of
such applications, but no later than twenty-four days prior to day of voting.
 In this case the sequence of MP candidates on the lists (ordinal numbers in the respective electoral
lists) should not be changed.
 In the event of receipt of applications provided for in clauses 1, 2 of this Part less than twenty-six
days prior to the day of voting, the Central Election Commission shall not consider such applications
and no decisions shall be taken thereon.
 2. The Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision cancelling the registration of the
MP candidate on the grounds specified in clauses 3-8 of Part one of this Article, no later than the third
day following the day of receipt of the documents that establish the respective facts or occurrence of
respective circumstances.
 The Central Election Commission shall consider the issue of cancellation of the registration of an
MP candidate in the presence of this MP candidate and an authorized representative of the party in the
Central Election Commission. The aforementioned persons shall be notified of the time, when the issue
of cancelling the registration of an MP candidate shall be considered, no later than on the day prior to
the day of the issue consideration. In the event of absence of the aforementioned persons who have been
duly notified of the time of the meeting for consideration of this issue, the Central Election Commission
shall consider the issue of cancelling the registration of an MP candidate in absence of these persons.
 3. The Central Election Commission shall present the party’s representative in the Central
Election Commission or an MP candidate with a copy of the decision on cancellation of the
registration of an MP candidate (MP candidates) no later than the next day after its adoption.

 

 4. In the event of death of an MP candidate, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a
decision removing that MP candidate from the ballot, excluding him or her from the party’s nationwide
or nationwide and regional electoral lists.
 5. A decision on cancellation of the registration of an MP candidate (MP candidates), or on
an MP candidate’s withdrawal from the election shall be published on the official website of the
Central Election Commission no later than on the next day following its adoption.
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