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Maintenance Bodies
 1. A person, who has addressed the Register maintenance body as regards the inclusion of
himself or herself or other persons in the Register, or as regards receiving an answer to his or her
inquiry, may appeal to a court against the decision, action or inaction of the Register maintenance
body in the manner prescribed by the Code of Administrative Adjudication of Ukraine.
 2. A political party that has addressed the Register maintenance body in the manner
prescribed by Article 24 of this Law shall be entitled to appeal to a court against a decision, action
or inaction of the respective Register maintenance body in accordance with the procedure
established by the Code of Administrative Adjudication of Ukraine”;
 aa) in Article 33:
 the title shall read as follows:
 “Article 33. Responsibility for Violation of the Established Procedure for the Register
Maintenance”;
 Part one shall be amended with the words “as regards the procedure for the Register maintenance”;
 Parts two, three and four shall be removed;
 4) Part one of Article 8 of the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally
Displaced Persons” (Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy, 2015, No. 1, p. 1) shall read as follows:
 “1. An internally displaced person shall exercise his or her right to vote in the election of the
President of Ukraine, the election of MPs of Ukraine, local elections and referendums in accordance
with the procedure specified by the Law”.

 

 4. The following shall be established:
 1) the election process of local elections that has begun prior to the entry into force of this
 Code shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure in force prior to the entry
 into force of this Code;
 2) regional and territorial representative offices of the Central Election Commission shall
 be established by its decision on the basis of the regional State Voter Register
 management and maintenance bodies;
 3) prior to the Central Election Commission making a decision on the commencement of
 work of its regional and territorial representative offices:
 the State Voter Register maintenance bodies shall be considered the following: in a rayon, city
rayon in Kyiv city, the city of Sevastopol, the respective structural unit of the management of the rayon,
city rayon state administration; in a city of oblast subordination (or republican subordination, in the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea) without rayon division, the respective executive body of the city
council; in rayon in a city of oblast subordination with rayon division, the respective executive body of
a city rayon council or the respective structural unit of an executive body of the city council established
in a rayon;
 the regional State Voter Register maintenance bodies shall be considered the following: in the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea – the respective structural subdivision of the secretariat of the Council
of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea; in the oblast, the city of Kyiv, the city of
Sevastopol – the respective structural unit of the oblast or city state administration;
 functions of the State Voter Register maintenance bodies and the regional body of administration
of the State Voter Register in relation to voters residing or staying outside Ukraine shall be performed
by the respective structural subdivision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
 5. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall, within three months from the date of entry into force
of this Code, do the following:
 bring its regulatory instruments in compliance with this Code;
 ensure the adoption of regulatory instruments provided for by this Code;
 approve the amount necessary to finance expenditures related to priority actions to be performed
for the implementation of this Code, upon submission of the Central Election Commission;
 provide funding for the priority actions necessary for the implementation of this Code;
 develop and approve accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities and other low-mobility
groups as regards premises provided by local executive bodies and local self-government bodies, other
bodies (officials) to precinct election commissions of regular election precincts for preparation of their
work and conduct of voting;
 ensure constant monitoring and assessment, as regards persons with disabilities and other low-
mobility groups, of accessibility of the premises, which were provided by local executive bodies and
local self-government bodies or other bodies (officials), exercising their powers in accordance with the
Law, for precinct election commissions of regular election precincts to be able to prepare for and
conduct the voting, and take into account the results of the above in the development and
implementation of national programs to ensure the exercise of the rights of and satisfying the needs of
persons with disabilities for the respective years.
 6. The Central Election Commission shall:
 within two months from the date of entry into force of this Code, develop and approve a list of
priority actions necessary for the implementation of this Code; file with the Cabinet of Ministers of
Ukraine a submission as regards the amount necessary to finance expenditures related to the
implementation of the aforementioned actions;

 

 from the date of entry into force of this Code until the beginning of the election process of the
respective elections to bring their acts in accordance with this Code, unless otherwise provided by this
Code;
 ensure the adoption of legal acts provided for by this Code.
 7. Executive bodies of village, settlement, city and rayon councils, other bodies (officials), which,
in accordance with the Law exercise their powers, shall, within the limits of funds of the state and the
respective local budgets, their own revenues, and at the expense of funds received from other sources
not prohibited by the Law, by January 1, 2025, ensure the accessibility, for persons with disabilities and
other low-mobility groups, of premises provided to precinct election commissions of regular election
precincts for the organization of their work and conduct of voting.

 President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKY
 Kyiv city
 19 December 2019
 No. 396-IX

 

Publications of document
 • Holos Ukrainy on December 28, 2019 — No. 251
 • Official Bulletin of Ukraine on January 17, 2020 — 2020, No. 4, volume 1, page 9, article
 188, act code 97536/2020
 • Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy on February 14, 2020 — 2020, No. 7, / No. 8,
 No. 9 /, page 5, article 48