§ Art. IV-224Conditions for Registration of Candidates for Village, Settlement and City Mayor

1. Village, settlement or city election commission shall register a candidate for village,
settlement or city mayor nominated by the party organization upon receipt of the following
documents
 1) an application for registration of a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor, signed
 by the chair of the party organization and affixed with the party organization’s seal, or, in
 the case of absence thereof, with the seal of a higher-level party organization;
 2) a decision of the party organization’s meeting or conference on the nomination of a
 candidate for village, settlement or city mayor on behalf of this organization, which shall
 be signed by the party organization’s chair and affixed with the party organization’s seal,
 or, in the case of absence thereof, of the seal of a higher-level party organization and in
 case of nomination of a candidate for the position of mayor by a local party organization
 – also approved by the central governing body of the party, certified by the seal of this
 party (indicating the name of the central governing body of the party and the number
 and date of the decision, which does not have to be attached);
 3) a statement of the person expressing consent to be nominated as that party organization’s
 candidate for village, settlement or city mayor, which shall also contain the person’s consent
 to publication of his or her biographical information and the processing of personal data of
 the candidate for village, settlement or city mayor, as well as the acknowledgement of the
 obligation, in the event of being elected, to transfer, within one month from the day of the
 official promulgation of the election results, to another person, pursuant to the procedure
 prescribed by the Law, the management of enterprises and corporate rights owned by the
 candidate for village, settlement or city mayor (or indicating absence thereof), as well as the
 obligation, in the event of being elected, to terminate any activities or lay down a
 representative mandate, which, according to the Constitution and the Laws of Ukraine, are
 incompatible with the mandate of village, settlement or city mayor (on indicating absence
 thereof);

 

 4) a document on making a cash deposit in accordance with Article 225 of this Code;
 5) paper and electronic copies of the application form of a candidate for village, settlement
 or city mayor, in a form established by the Central Election Commission, which shall
 necessarily contain: last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), all
 previous last names, first names, and patronymic names and the dates of change thereof (if
 a person has changed his or her last name and/or first name (one of the first names or all
 first names), and/or patronymic name during the last five years prior to the day of his or her
 nomination), the day, month, year and place of birth, citizenship, information about
 educational background, job position (occupation), place of employment, party
 membership, address of place of residence, presence or absence of a representative
 mandate, telephone number, information on presence or absence of a criminal record,
 date of filling out the application and a signature of the candidate for village, settlement
 or city mayor (to be filled out in printed form);
 6) one photograph on paper sized 4x6 cm, and in an electronic format, of each candidate for
 village, settlement or city mayor;
 7) photocopies of the first and second page of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the
 form of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse page of a passport of a
 citizen of Ukraine in the form of a card, of each candidate for village, settlement or city
 mayor;
 2. The respective village, settlement or city election commission shall register a candidate for
village, settlement or city mayor nominated by self-nomination, upon receipt of a document specified
by Part one of Article 8 of this Code, submitted by a candidate in person, and submission by him or her
of the documents provided by clauses 4 to 7 of Part one of this Article, as well as the application on
self-nomination as a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor signed by him or her, and the
statement of his or her consent to the publication of his or her biographical information in connection
with his or her participation in the local election.
 3. The territorial election commission shall issue a certificate indicating the date and time of
acceptance of documents, the list of accepted documents to the representative of the party organization
which nominated the candidate for the position of the village, settlement or city mayor, or to the
candidate who submitted the documents by self-nomination.
 The documents provided for by Parts one and two of this Article shall not be considered if they
were submitted after the deadline specified in Part two of Article 229 of this Code, and in this case, the
respective election commission shall not make a decision thereon.
 4. Persons nominated as candidates for village, settlement or city mayor shall be held
responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the data in the documents specified in clause 5 of
Part one of this Article (or provided for by Part two of this Article, for persons nominated by self-
nomination), filed with the territorial election commission for the registration of candidates for
village, settlement or city mayor.
 5. Documents for registration of candidates for village, settlement or city mayor may be submitted
to the respective election commission by means of electronic services in accordance with the procedure
established by the Central Election Commission.
 In this case, the documents provided for in part one of this article may be submitted in the form of
electronic copies, the authenticity of which is certified by the chair of the respective party organization
and/or the respective candidate, taking into account the laws of Ukraine "On electronic documents and
electronic document management" and “On electronic trust services."
 If the Central Election Commission decides to use electronic services for registration of candidates,
the provisions of part two of this article on the personal presentation of the document provided for in
part one of Article 8 of this Code shall not apply to a candidate running by self-nomination. In this case,
the documents provided for in paragraphs 4 to 7 of part one and part two of this article shall be signed

 

(certified) by the respective candidate taking into account the requirements of the laws of Ukraine "On
electronic documents and electronic document management" and "On electronic trust services."