Article 118. Registration of candidates for members of local self-government bodies of the Constitutional Law on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. Registration of candidates is carried out by territorial election commissions.
1-1. Prior to registration, the candidate and his (her) spouse shall submit to the state revenue authorities at their place of residence declarations of assets and obligations on the first day of the month of the beginning of the nomination period established in accordance with this Constitutional Law, in accordance with the procedure and form established by the authorized state body of the Republic of Kazakhstan responsible for ensuring tax revenues and other mandatory payments to the budget.
The accuracy of information on assets and liabilities declared by the candidate and his (her) spouse is verified by the state revenue authorities within fifteen days from the date of registration of the candidate.
Organizations that have received requests from the State revenue authorities to provide information about the assets and obligations of the candidate and his (her) spouse are required to provide the requested information within four days from the date of receipt of the request.
2. Registration of a candidate nominated by the citizens' assembly is carried out in the presence of the following documents:
1) minutes of the citizens' meeting;
2) applications of a citizen for consent to run as a candidate for a member of a local government body;
3) biographical information about the candidate;
4) excluded by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/14/2004 No. 545;
5) certificates from the state revenue authority on the submission of declarations of assets and liabilities by the candidate and his (her) spouse.
3. Registration of a candidate in case of his self-nomination is carried out in the presence of the following documents::
1) statements of intention to run as a candidate;
2) biographical information about the candidate;
3) excluded by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/14/2004 No. 545;
4) certificates from the state revenue authority on the submission of declarations of assets and liabilities by the candidate and his (her) spouse.
4. Any number of candidates are submitted for registration.
5. The territorial election commission draws up a protocol on the registration of candidates.
6. Territorial Election Commission:
1) no later than on the fourth day after the registration of candidates, publish in the local mass media a notice of registration indicating the surname, first name, patronymic, year of birth, position (occupation), place of work and residence of each candidate, as well as, depending on the candidate's discretion, information about his membership in a public association and nationality;
2) issues the appropriate certificate to the candidates upon registration.;
3) refuses to register or cancels the decision to register a candidate in the case of:
candidate's violations of the nomination rules, failure to submit the necessary documents for registration;
non-compliance of a candidate with the requirements imposed on him by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law;
the candidate's use of an official or official position in his election campaign;
election campaigning by a candidate before the end of the registration period, on election day or the day preceding it;
establishment by the court of the fact of dissemination by the candidate and (or) his proxies of false information discrediting the honor and dignity of another candidate, undermining his business reputation;
establishing by the court the facts of bribery of voters by the candidate and his proxies;
in other cases established by this Constitutional Law;
3-1) cancels the decision to register a candidate if, at the time of filing the declaration, information about assets and liabilities declared by the candidate or his (her) spouse in accordance with the anti-corruption legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan is revealed.
It is not allowed to cancel the decision on registration of a candidate or reinstate a candidate who was previously de-registered two days before the voting day.
7. The refusal to register a candidate or the cancellation of a decision on his registration may be appealed by the citizens' assembly or by the candidate himself to a higher territorial election commission or to a court within three days. In this case, the territorial election commission or the court shall make a decision on the complaint within three days from the date of filing the complaint.
8. Candidate registration begins twenty days in advance and ends thirteen days before election day.
Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 No. 2464.
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