LAW OF UKRAINE

of November 21, 2013 No. 709-VII

About modification of some legal acts of Ukraine on enhancement of the legislation concerning elections

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decides:

I. Make changes to the following legal acts of Ukraine:

1. In the Code of Ukraine about administrative offenses (The sheet of the Supreme Council of USSR, 1984, appendix to No. 51, the Art. 1122):

1) in Article 212-9:

add the name with the words "and procedure for participation in information support of elections";

the paragraph one of part one after words "mass media" to add with the words "in products of news agency", and after words "media men" - words of "news agencies";

the paragraph one of part two to add with words of "news agencies";

2) in Article 255 part one:

in Item 1:

in the paragraph "National council of Ukraine concerning television and broadcasting, his representatives in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, areas, the cities of Kiev and Sevastopol (Article 164-6 - regarding demonstration and distribution of movies without the state certificate on the diffusion right and demonstrations of movies on broadcast channels of television Ukraine; Article 164-7 - regarding violation of distribution terms and demonstration of the movies provided by the state certificate on the diffusion right and demonstrations of movies on broadcast channels of television of Ukraine; Article 164-8 - regarding non-compliance with quota of demonstration of national movies when using national screen time on broadcast channels of television of Ukraine, Article 212-9)" "Article 212-9" shall be replaced with words the word and figures also in figures "Article 212-9 - regarding violation of procedure for conducting election propaganda, propaganda by preparation and holding referendum, procedure for participation in information support of elections with use of electronic (audiovisual) mass media";

in the paragraph "specially authorized central executive body concerning realization of state policy in the field of television and broadcasting, information and publishing spheres (Article 186-7 - regarding nondelivery or violation of delivery date of the obligatory complimentary copy of editions" and figures" (Article 186-7 - regarding nondelivery or violation of delivery date of the obligatory complimentary copy of editions" shall be replaced with words also in figures "(Article 186-7 - regarding nondelivery or violation of delivery date of the obligatory complimentary copy of editions, Article 212-9 - regarding violation of procedure for conducting election propaganda, propaganda by preparation and holding referendum, procedure for participation in information support of elections with use of printing mass media and news agencies)";

in Item 2-2 the word and figures" (Article 212-11, 212-15 - 212-20)" to replace with the word and figures "(Article 212-7, 212-9, 212-11 - 212-20)".

2. In the Code of administrative legal proceedings of Ukraine (The sheet of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2005, Art. No. No. 35-37, 446):

1) in part ten of Article 172 of the word of "receipt of the action for declaration" shall be replaced with words "opening of proceeedings";

2) in Article 174:

to add the name and part one after words of "local government bodies, mass media" with words of "news agencies", and after words of "media men" - the words "and news agencies";

the second offer of part three after words of "failure to act of mass media" to add with words of "news agencies", and after words of "media men" - the words "and news agencies";

add with part seven of the following content:

"7. In case of establishment by court by consideration of the selective dispute of violation by mass media or news agency of requirements of the law on elections the court notifies on it National council of Ukraine concerning television and broadcasting, the central executive body realizing state policy in information and publishing spheres, Central Election Commission, the relevant district electoral commission";

 Article 175 to add 3) with part seven of the following content:

"7. The court notifies the relevant electoral commission or the commission on referendum and the commission of the highest level on opening of proceeedings and about accepted by court of the decision".

3. Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine "About news agencies" (1995, No. 13, the Art. 83) to add sheets of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with part three of the following content:

"Features of activities of news agencies during the electoral process are regulated by the legislation on elections".

4. Article 8 of the Law of Ukraine "About political parties in Ukraine" (2001, No. 23, the Art. 118) to add sheets of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with Item 10 of the following content:

"10) the size of quotas determines the minimum level of representation of women and men in the electoral list of candidates for People's Deputies of Ukraine of batch in the nation-wide district and shall constitute at least 30 percent of total quantity of candidates in the electoral list".

5. In the Law of Ukraine "About Central Election Commission" (Sheets of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2004, No. 36, Art. 448; 2012, Art. No. 10-11, 73):

 Part the second articles 4 after the words "official observers from" to add 1) with words of "public organizations";

 Part one of Article 10 and part one of article 12 after the word "considerations" to add 2) with the words "and discussion";

 Item of 1 part two of article 29 after the word "consideration" to add 3) with the words "and discussion".

6. In the Law of Ukraine "About elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine" (Sheets of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2012, No. 10-11, of Art. 73 with the changes made by the laws of Ukraine of October 16, 2012 No. 5463-VI and of May 16, 2013 No. 245-VII):

 Article 2 to add 1) with part ten of the following content:

"10. The voter living or in day of carrying out vote on elections of deputies is in the territory of foreign state, and also the citizen of Ukraine to whom the place of vote is temporarily changed (without change of the selective address) on another the polling precinct outside the single-candidate district to which such voter is carried based on data of the State register of voters about its selective address, has the right to vote on elections of deputies only in the nation-wide district. Realization of this right is provided with inclusion of the voter in the electoral register on the respective polling precinct with indication of that such voter receives only voting bulletin in the nation-wide district";

 Part third of article 11 after words" (prosecutor's office, militia)" to add 2) with the words "bodies of the State register of voters";

 Item 5 parts one of Article 12 to add 3) with words "(further - the official observer from batch, the candidate, public organization)";

 Article 18 to state 4) in the following edition:

" Article 18. Constituencies

1. Elections of deputies are held in the nation-wide district which includes all territory of Ukraine and the foreign constituency, and in 225 single-candidate districts that will be formed by Central Election Commission and exist on permanent basis.

The foreign constituency (further - the foreign district) includes all foreign polling precincts formed according to article 22 of this Law.

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