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"The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", No. 35/00
Law on Election of Deputies
I BASIC PROVISIONS
Article 1
This Law regulates the election and termination of mandate of deputies to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter: the deputies).
Article 2
Citizens shall elect the deputies on the basis of free, universal, equal and direct electoral right, by secret ballot.
Nobody has the right, based on any grounds, to prevent or force a citizen to vote, to hold a citizen responsible for voting and to demand a citizen to declare whom did the citizen vote for or why the citizen did not vote.
Article 3
The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia consists of 250 deputies, elected for a period of four years.
Article 4
The deputies are elected in the Republic of Serbia as single electoral district, on the basis of lists of political parties, coalitions of parties and other political organisations, and lists submitted by groups of citizens (hereinafter: the electoral lists).
The deputies’ mandates shall be distributed in proportion with the number of votes won.
Article 5
Citizens have the right to be informed by the media about the electoral programs and activities of submitters of the electoral lists, as well as about candidates on the electoral lists.
The media are obliged to ensure equal reporting on all submitters of the electoral lists, as well as on all candidates on those electoral lists.
Electoral marketing through the media and public gatherings, as well as announcement of estimated elections results are forbidden in the period of 48 hours prior to the day of holding the elections, as well as during the elections day until the closing of polling stations.
Article 6
The bodies in charge of holding the elections are the Republican Electoral Commission and voting boards.
Article 7
Protection of electoral right is provided by the Republican Electoral Commission, the Supreme Court of Serbia and the competent courts.
Article 8
The funds required for conducting the elections are provided by the budget of the Republic of Serbia.
II ELECTORAL RIGHT
Article 9
Electoral right comprises, in terms of this Law and in accordance with the procedure set out herewith, the right of citizens to vote and be elected, to nominate and be nominated, to decide about proposed candidates and electoral lists, to publicly pose questions to the candidates, to be informed in a timely, truthful, thorough and objective manner about programmes and activities of the submitters of the electoral lists and about the candidates from those lists, as well as to exercise other rights set out by this Law.
Article 10
The right to elect a deputy, as well as to be elected as a deputy, shall have a citizen residing in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, who is at the same time a Yugoslav citizen, who is over 18 years of age and has the business capacity (hereinafter: the voter).
Article 11
The deputy cannot at the same time hold any judicial or other office to which he has been appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, nor other official or an employee of the republican bodies performing duties related to the competence of such body, except in cases provided by the Constitution.
On the day of confirmation of the deputy’s mandate, a person appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia shall be revoked from such office, and the employment status of a person working in state bodies will be congealed.
III VOTERS REGISTERS
Article 12
In the Republic of Serbia the general voters registers shall be maintained by computers in municipalities, as a part of unique, integrated system (hereinafter: the voters register). Changes in the voters register in a given municipality shall be made by municipal administration as a task it has been entrusted with.
The voters register is a public document and shall be maintained in line of duty.
A citizen has the right to have an insight into the voters register, as well the right to demand its correction (inscription, deletion, alteration or amendment of voters register).
The voters register is a unique and permanent document and must be updated each calendar year, by March 31 the latest.
The minister competent for state administration will regulate in detail the manner of updating the voters registers (corrections, distribution, closing, copying, displaying, etc.).
Article 13
A voter can be registered in the voters register solely in one place.
Voters shall be registered in the voters register according to place of residence, as well as persons about to gain legal age during the period of validity of voter register, in which case a remark shall be entered indicating the date of gaining the legal age, i.e. the electoral right.
Persons temporarily displaced from permanent place of residence (refugees), shall be registered in the voters register in the place where they are registered in that status.
Yugoslav citizens temporarily residing abroad shall also be registered in the voters register according to their last place of residence prior to going abroad.
Citizens currently doing the military service, or those engaged in temporary military duty, shall be registered in the voters register according to their last place of residence.
Persons deprived of business capacity by final decision of the court shall not be registered in the voters register. If such persons were previously registered in the voters register, respective entries shall be deleted and when their business capacity is reinstated by final decision of the court, they shall be registered in the voters register again.
Article 14
Inscription in and deletion from the voters register is conducted as official duty, based upon information from the registry books, other official records, public documents and direct checking.
Inscription in and deletion from the voters register shall be conducted upon the voter’s request and based upon other trustworthy evidence.
Article 15
The voters register shall be maintained in volumes. Volumes of the voters register shall be maintained for every inhabited community.
The voters register shall contain: ordinal number, name, personal number, sex, year of birth, place of residence (street and house number, village, hamlet, settlement), space for signature and space for remarks.
Article 16
The voters register can also be maintained in form of card files, or in form of database stored on magnetic tape or magnetic disk.
In case the voters register is maintained in the manner described in paragraph 1 of this Article, a separate record shall be maintained for every voter in form of file card or a corresponding data entry stored on magnetic tape or magnetic disc.
In case the voters register is maintained in the manner described in paragraph 1 of this Article, a directory can be maintained in addition to the voters register, in which the voters shall be entered according to their place of residence.
Article 17
If the agency which maintains the voters register determines that a person, who deceased or has permanently changed place of residence and is no longer residing in the territory of the electoral district, has been entered into the voters register, it shall delete such entry from the voters register.
Deletion of entry as described in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be made on the basis of respective decision.
The decision specified in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be handed over to the person who has changed the place of residence if the new residence is known, or published in the regular manner in person’s last place of residence.
The competent agency of municipality in which the voter was previously registered in the voters register shall be notified of inscription of the voter into the voters register of the municipality to the territory of which the voter has moved.
Based upon the notification specified in paragraph 4 of this Article, the voter shall be removed from the voters register.
Article 18
An appeal against the decision specified in the Article 17 of this Law shall be decided upon by the ministry in charge of state administration.
Article 19
Within the term of three days after the day of calling the elections, the agency competent for maintenance of voters register shall notify citizens, by a public announcement or through the media, that they may have the insight into the voters registers and request inscription, deletion, alteration, amendment and correction of the voters register.
Request for inscription, deletion, alteration, amendment and correction of the voters register shall be submitted to the agency competent for maintenance of the voters register. The request shall be supported by required evidence.
The agency maintaining the voters register shall rule upon the request described in paragraph 2 of this Article within 48 hours from the day of its receipt. The decision on the ruling shall be handed to the submitter without delay.
An appeal against decision described in paragraph 3 of this Article can be filed within 48 hours, following receipt of the decision, to the court competent for administrative proceedings. The appeal shall be filled through the agency that has made the decision, which shall be obliged to forward the appeal and all required acts to the competent court within 24 hours following receipt of the appeal.
An appeal as described in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be ruled upon by the court within 24 hours following the receipt of the appeal, in accordance with the regulations on administrative court proceedings.
The decision of the court is binding and executive.
Article 20
The voters register shall be concluded not later than 15 days prior to the day of holding the elections.
The voters register shall be concluded by a decision of the agency maintaining the voters register.
The decision described in paragraph 2 of this Article shall determine the total number of voters registered in the voters register, the number of voters in each volume, the date of conclusion of the voters register, the signature of the responsible official and the seal of the competent agency.
When the voters register is maintained in the manner stipulated by the Article 16 of this Law, the data set out in paragraph 3 of this article shall be entered in an adequate manner into the decision on conclusion of the voters register.
The decision specified in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be handed over to the Republican Electoral Commission, not later than 24 hours following the moment of its making.
Article 21
The Republican Electoral Commission shall publish the total number of voters in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia".
Article 22
After the conclusion of voters register, inscription, deletions, alterations, amendments and corrections of the voters register shall be published on the basis of the decision of the competent municipal court in extra-litigation process.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall register the voter in the voters register, on the basis of the decision of the competent court, not later than 48 hours prior to the day set for holding the elections, and publish the final total number of voters in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia".
Article 23
The agency competent for maintenance of the voters register shall compile an authorized abstract from the voters register for every polling station, which is due to be delivered to the Republican Electoral Commission not later than 24 hours following the moment the decision on conclusion of the voters register is made.
The abstract from the voters register is made according to the Article 15 paragraph 2 of this Law.
The agency specified in paragraph 1 of this Article shall issue certificates of electoral right on the basis of the form prescribed by the Republican Electoral Commission.
The ministry competent for state administration shall supervise implementation of provisions of the Law on Election of Deputies relating to the voters register, not later than 20 days prior to the day of holding the elections.
Article 24
If several votings are held simultaneously, corresponding number of verified abstracts from the voters registers shall be issued.
IV CALLING THE ELECTIONS
Article 25
Elections for deputies shall be called by the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. The decision on calling the elections shall determine the day of holding the elections and the day of commencement of terms for conduct of electoral activities.
The decision on calling the elections shall be published in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia".
Article 26
The period between the day of calling the elections and the day of holding the elections must not be shorter than 45 or longer than 90 days.
Article 27
Elections for deputies shall be held not later than 30 days prior to the expiration of the deputies’ mandates.
On the day when the mandate of the newly elected deputies is confirmed, the mandate of previous deputies shall terminate.
The confirmation of mandates of the deputies shall be based upon the certificate on election of the deputy and upon the report of the Republican Electoral Commission, not later than 30 days following the day the elections have been held.
At the constituting session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, a three-member commission shall be formed in order to establish the accordance between the certificates on the election of deputy and the report of the Republican Electoral Commission.
Based upon report of the commission specified in paragraph 4 of this Article, the person presiding over the constituting session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia shall conclude that the Republican Electoral Commission has submitted the report on the elections conducted, and specify which certificates on the election of deputy are in accordance with the report, thus confirming the mandates of the newly elected deputies.
V BODIES FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTIONS
1. Status of the Bodies
Article 28
Bodies conducting the elections are autonomous and independent and operate autonomously pursuant to the Law and regulations issued in accordance with the Law.
The bodies conducting the elections are accountable to the body that appointed them.
All state bodies and other bodies and organisations are obliged to provide assistance to the bodies conducting the elections and provide them with the data required for their work.
Article 29
The bodies conducting the elections shall work in permanent and extended formation.
The bodies conducting the elections shall work in extended formation starting from the day of establishment of such formation until the completion of the elections.
The bodies conducting the elections decide by majority of votes of the members of the permanent formation, i.e. the extended formation.
No political party, coalition of parties or any other political organisation shall have more than one half of the members of the permanent formation of all the bodies conducting the elections.
Article 30
Members of the Republican Electoral Commission and their deputies are appointed for a period of four years, whereas the members of voting boards and their deputies are appointed for each elections.
The members and deputies of the members of the bodies for conducting the elections cannot be persons who are related directly, irrespective of the degree of kinship; related indirectly up to the third degree of kinship (inclusive); in-laws up to the second degree (inclusive); marital partners; persons that are related as adopter and adoptee, i.e. custodian and protégé.
If the composition of the electoral commission or the voting board is in contrary with the provision stipulated by paragraph 2 of this Article, such body shall be dissolved and the elections, i.e. the voting shall be repeated.
The deputies of the members of the Republican Electoral Commission and the members of the voting boards shall have the same rights and responsibilities as the members they act instead of.
The right to vote in the Republican Electoral Commission or in the voting boards shall be held solely by the members of those bodies, or, in their absence, by their deputies.
Article 31
Members of the bodies conducting the elections for deputies, as well as their deputies, must hold the electoral right.
The function of the members of the bodies conducting the elections and their deputies in these bodies shall terminate when they accept the candidacy for deputy.
Article 32
The work of the bodies conducting the elections shall be public.
Persons monitoring the work of the bodies conducting the elections must act in accordance with the rules defined by the Republican Electoral Commission.
If persons referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article violate the rules on behaviour at the polling station or in any other way disrupt the work of the bodies conducting the elections, the body conducting the elections may remove them from the spot and make an entry on such a decision in the record.
A candidate from an electoral list which has been confirmed and pronounced cannot attend the work of the bodies conducting the elections.
2. Republican Electoral Commission
Article 33
The permanent formation of the Republican Electoral Commission comprises the President and sixteen members appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia based upon proposal of the deputies group in the National Assembly of Republic of Serbia, whereas the extended structure also comprises one representative of each submitter of the electoral list.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall have a Secretary, appointed by the National Assembly of Republic of Serbia from the ranks of professional workers of its services, which shall participate in the work of the Commission without a decision-making right.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall also have one member, a representative of the republican organisation competent for statistics, which shall participate in the work of the Commission without a decision-making right.
The President, members of the Republican Electoral Commission and its Secretary shall have deputies.
The President, members of the Republican Electoral Commission and their deputies must be graduate lawyers.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall determine by decision that the submitter of the electoral list complies with the conditions to delegate its representatives to the extended structure of this body, within the 48 hours following pronouncement of the electoral list.
The decision on compliance or lack of compliance with conditions for delegation of representatives of the submitter of electoral list shall be forwarded by the Republican Electoral Commission to the submitter of the electoral list within 24 hours after such decision is made.
The representative of submitter of the electoral list specified in paragraph 1 of this Law becomes the member of the extended structure of the Republican Electoral Commission no later than 24 hours after the decision is made.
The structure of the Republican Electoral Commission shall be published in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”.
Article 34
The Republican Electoral Commission shall:
1. look after the legality of the elections;
2. organise technical preparations for the elections;
3. Observe the application and provide interpretations related to the application of this Law;
4. define the uniform standards for the election materials;
5. prescribe the forms and regulations for conducting the electoral activities stipulated by this Law;
6. prescribe the kind of a spray specified in Article 68, paragraph 4, of this Law;
7. determine and announce in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” the number and addresses of polling stations, no later than 20 days prior to the day set for holding the elections;
8. form voting boards and appoint the presidents and members of the voting boards;
9. determine the number of ballot papers for each polling station, certify them and forward them on the record, together with the certified abstract from the voters register, to the voting boards;
10. define the electoral documents that are to be submitted to it;
11. determine whether the electoral list has been compiled and submitted in accordance with this Law and pronounces it;
12. make a decision on pronouncement of the electoral list;
13. determine the manner of keeping and handling the electoral materials;
14. determine and announce the elections results;
15. determine the number of mandates belonging to each electoral list;
16. submit to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia a report on the elections conducted;
17. forward the data to the bodies competent for gathering and processing of statistical data;
18. perform other duties provided by this Law.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall adopt rules of procedure.
The Republican Electoral Commission is obliged to provide the participants in the elections with the forms specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article, within the term of five days following the calling of the elections,
Article 35
Conditions required for the work of the Republican Electoral Commission shall be provided by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.
3. Voting Board
Article 36
The permanent formation of a voting board comprises: the president and at least two members, whereas the extended structure comprises one representative of each submitter of the electoral list.
The president and members of voting boards shall have deputies.
The voting board shall be appointed no later than 10 days prior to the day set for holding the elections.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall determine by decision, within 48 hours following the decision on pronouncement of the electoral list, which submitter of the electoral list complies with the conditions to delegate its representatives to the extended structure of the voting board.
The decision on compliance or lack of compliance with conditions for delegation of representatives of the submitter of electoral list shall be forwarded by the Republican Electoral Commission to the submitter of the electoral list within 24 hours after such decision is made.
The representative of the submitter of electoral list specified in paragraph 1 of this Article shall became a member of the extended structure of the voting board no later than 24 hours after such decision is made.
The submitters of the electoral lists may agree upon appointing a joint representative to the voting board.
Article 37
The voting board conducts the voting directly at the polling station, ensures regularity and privacy of voting, determines the voting results at the polling station and conducts other duties set out by this Law.
The voting board shall be responsible for maintaining order at the polling station during the course of the voting.
Rules on the work of the voting boards shall be set out in greater detail by the Republican Electoral Commission.
Article 38
In case of simultaneous holding of elections for deputies in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and for the President of the Republic, the voting boards formed to conduct the elections for deputies shall perform the duties of voting boards for the election of the President of the Republic.
4. Representatives Of The Submitters Of Electoral Lists In The Bodies For Conducting The Elections
Article 39
A submitter of an electoral list specified in Articles 33 and 36 of this Law shall assign its representatives in the bodies for conducting the elections, and accordingly notify the bodies which have appointed the bodies for conducting the elections.
Following receipt of information on the persons delegated to the extended structure, the bodies for conducting the elections in their permanent formation shall, within 24 hours following the receipt of such information, determine by decision the names of persons becoming their members.
If the submitter of an electoral list does not delegate a representative to the body for conducting the elections within five days prior to the day set for holding the elections, such body shall continue its work and make decisions in full capacity without the representative of the submitter of an electoral list.
VI ELECTORAL LIST
1. Candidacy
Article 40
Candidates can be nominated, under the conditions set out by this Law, by registered political parties, coalitions of parties and other political organisations (hereinafter: the political parties), individually or jointly, as well as by groups of citizens.
On behalf of political party or a group of citizens, the candidacy specified in paragraph 1 of this Article can be submitted solely by the person authorised by the political party or the group of citizens.
On behalf of a coalition of parties, the candidacy specified in paragraph 1 of this Article can be submitted by maximum of two authorised persons.
Article 41
The submitter of an electoral list may withdraw its electoral list no later than the day set for establishment of the general electoral list.
The withdrawal of the electoral list also terminates the function of the representatives of the submitter of the electoral list in all the bodies for conducting the elections, as well as all the rights pertaining from such membership in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
2. Name, Confirmation And Pronouncement Of Electoral List
Article 42
The name of the electoral list shall be determined according to the name of the political party submitting the list, and the name may include the name and surname of the person designated by the political party as the bearer of the electoral list.
If two or more parties submit a joint electoral list, the name of the electoral list and maximum two bearers of the electoral list shall be determined by mutual consent.
Along with the name of electoral list submitted by a group of citizens, the submitter determines more detailed designation of such list, whereas the name may include the name and surname of the person designated by the group of citizens as the bearer of the list.
The person designated as the bearer of the electoral list may be a candidate for a deputy.
The person designated as the bearer of the electoral list may be a candidate for another state body for which the elections are held simultaneously.
Article 43
An electoral list is confirmed when it is supported by the signatures of no less then 10,000 voters.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall determine the shape and contents of the form for the signature specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, and make it available to participants in the elections within five days following the calling of the elections.
A voter can support by signature solely the electoral list of one proposer. Each signature specified in paragraph 1 of this Article must be verified by a municipal court.
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia shall set a fee for verification of signature by special enactment.
Article 44
An electoral list shall be submitted to the Republican Electoral Commission no later than 15 days prior to the day set for holding the elections.
Along with the electoral list, the following documentation shall be submitted to the Republican Electoral Commission:
1. Certificate of electoral right for every candidate on the electoral list, specifying the candidate's name, surname, date of birth, profession and personal identification number;
2. Written statement of the candidate accepting the candidacy;
3. Certificate of residence of the candidates;
4. Written consent of the bearer of the list;
5. Power of Attorney for persons submitting the electoral list;
6. Certificate of citizenship;
7. Verified by court, on a separate form, signatures of voters supporting a particular electoral list.
Article 45
The Republican Electoral Commission shall pronounce an electoral list of a political party (party electoral list), a list of two or more political parties (coalition electoral list), or a list of group of citizens (electoral list of a group of citizens) upon receipt of the electoral list and required documentation and no later than 24 hours following the receipt of the electoral list.
The decision on pronouncement of the electoral list referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be forwarded by the Republican Electoral Commission to the submitter without delay.
Article 46
If the Republican Electoral Commission determines that an electoral list has not been submitted in time, it shall pass a decision on its rejection.
If the Republican Electoral Commission determines that an electoral list comprises deficiencies which are an obstacle to the pronouncement of the electoral list in accordance with this Law it shall pass - within 24 hours upon receiving the electoral list - a decision instructing the submitter of the electoral list to rectify those deficiencies at the latest within 48 hours from the moment this decision has been delivered. The decision shall also indicate the activities to be taken by the submitter in order to rectify the deficiencies.
If the Republican Electoral Commission determines that the electoral list comprises deficiencies envisaged by this Law, or that the deficiencies of the electoral list have not been rectified, or have not been rectified within the prescribed term, it shall pass, within the next 48 hours, a decision rejecting the pronouncement of the electoral list.
3. General Electoral List
Article 47
The general electoral list shall be established by the Republican Electoral Commission, and shall comprise all the electoral lists, with personal names of all candidates and the data on their year of birth, profession and places of residence.
The sequence of the electoral lists, with the names of all the candidates, in the general electoral list shall be determined according to the sequence of their pronouncement.
The general electoral list shall be published by the Republican Electoral Commission in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, at the latest ten days prior to the day set for holding the elections. The day of proclamation of the general electoral list shall be the day of its publication in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”.
Every submitter of the electoral list has the right to inspect, trough an authorised representative, all submitted electoral lists and accompanying documentation within the 48 hours from the day of publication of the general electoral list.
VII PRESENTATION OF THE SUBMITTERS OF THE ELECTORAL LISTS AND THE CANDIDATES ON THE ELECTORAL LISTS
Article 48
The submitters of the electoral lists have the right to inform the citizens through the media about their programs and activities, as well as about the candidates, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
Article 49
From the day of calling the elections, the radio and television broadcasting organisations founded by the Republic of Serbia have the obligation to allocate air-time within their political-information programmes which can be heard and seen throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Serbia, for the presentation of the submitters of the electoral lists and the candidates on the electoral lists, as well as presentation and explication of the electoral programmes of the submitters of those lists, in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
Organisations refereed to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be allowed, under any circumstances whatsoever, to enable the presentation of the candidates and the presentation and explication of programs of the submitters of the electoral lists in the commercial, entertainment or any other programme.
Article 50
Editors and hosts of political-information programmes and specialized programmes broadcast by the organisations referred to in the Article 49 of this Law, shall have the obligation during the elections campaign to present all the candidates in an independent and objective manner, whereas the programmes hosts must have an impartial attitude towards all political, social and ethnic-cultural programmes of the political parties whose candidates are being presented.
Pursuant to the provisions set out in the paragraph 1 of this Article, and based upon the Article 5 paragraph 2 of this Law, the programmes shall be organised to provide public confrontation of the electoral programmes of the submitters of the electoral lists and the candidates from those lists.
Article 51
Two representatives of the public enterprise broadcasting radio and television programme founded by the Republic of Serbia, the Government of the Republic of Serbia and of the political parties which have the deputies in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, shall determine by mutual agreement the number and the duration of programmes for presentation of the political parties, the political organisations and the groups of citizens intending to participate in the elections.
The agreement referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be reached not later than within five days following the day of calling the elections and shall be publicised without delay.
The media referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, together with the representatives of their founders and the submitters of the electoral lists, shall determine the rules in greater detail for the presentation of the submitters of the electoral lists, the electoral programs and the candidates from the electoral lists.
VIII CONDUCTING THE ELECTIONS
1. Polling Stations
Article 52
The voting for the deputies shall take place at the polling stations. A polling station shall be set up for voting of not more than 2,500 and no less than 100 voters. Regulation regarding polling station shall be made in greater detail by the Republican Electoral Commission.
Article 53
The voter shall vote at the polling station where he is listed in the abstract from the voters register.
Article 54
Each voter shall receive, not later than five days prior to the day of holding the elections, a notification of the day and the time of holding the elections, including the number and address of the polling station where he/she shall vote, and the number under which he/she is listed in the abstract from the voters register.
The notification specified in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be delivered to the voters by the body responsible for maintenance of the voters register.
Article 55
Every voter must vote personally.
The voter can vote only once in the election. The voting shall be secret.
Certified ballot papers shall be used for the voting.
Symbols of political parties and other propaganda materials must not be displayed at the polling stations or in the 50-meter vicinity of the polling station.
If the rules set out in paragraphs 1 trough 4 of this Article are violated during the course of the voting, the voting board shall be dissolved and the voting at this polling station shall be repeated.
The use of pagers, cellular phones and other means of communication is prohibited at the polling station.
Detailed instructions for measures ensuring the privacy of voting shall be made by the Republican Electoral Commission.
Article 56
The polling stations shall open at 07:00 and close at 20:00 hours. During this period the polling station must be open continually.
The voters present at the polling station at the time of closing shall be allowed to vote.
Article 57
If the order is disrupted at the polling station, the voting board may interrupt the voting until the order is restored. The reasons and the duration of interruption of the voting shall be entered into the record on the work of the voting board.
If the voting is interrupted for more than one hour, it shall be prolonged for the time of duration of the interruption.
Article 58
As long as the polling station is open and as long as the voting is in progress, all the members of the voting board or their deputies must be present at the polling station.
Every polling station shall have a separate room where it is possible to ensure privacy of voting.
The voters shall be admitted into the room where the voting is conducted only in the number equal to the number of places ensuring secrecy of the voting.
Persons, which have no rights or duties regarding the conducting of elections pursuant to this Law, are forbidden to stay longer than necessary at the polling station.
Police officers on duty may enter the polling station only in case peace and order at the polling station have been disturbed and upon being invited by the president of the voting board.
If the provisions from paragraphs 1 trough 5 of this Article have been violated, a complaint can be filed with the Republican Electoral Commission, which shall decide whether the voting at that polling station shall be repeated.
2. Electoral Material
Article 59
The ballot paper shall contain:
1. the ordinal number before the name of the electoral list;
2. the names of the electoral lists, according to the sequence determined in the general electoral list, with the name of the first candidate from the list;
3. the remark indicating that the vote can be cast for one electoral list only, by marking a circle around the number in front of the name of the list.
Article 60
Ballot papers shall be prepared and certified by the Republican Electoral Commission.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall determine the number of ballot papers, which must be equal to the number of voters registered in the voters register.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall control the preparation and certifying of the ballot papers and determine the number of spare ballot papers.
All ballot papers shall be printed at the same location, on the paper protected by watermark.
The submitter of the electoral list shall notify the Republican Electoral Commission of the name of the person entitled to witness the printing, counting and packing of the ballot papers, as well as delivery to the bodies competent for conducting the elections.
In municipalities where languages of the national minorities are in official use, the ballot papers shall be printed in those languages as well.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall regulate in greater detail the shape and appearance of the ballot papers, the manner and control of printing, delivering and handling of the ballot papers.
Article 61
The minister in charge of state administration shall prescribe in detail the form and dimensions of ballot boxes. The ballot boxes must be made of transparent material (Plexiglas, plastic materials, etc.).
Article 62
The Republican Electoral Commission shall be obliged to prepare electoral materials for every voting board in time, particularly the adequate number of ballot papers, the general electoral list, the abstract from the voters register, the certificates of electoral right, as well as the form for the record on the work of the voting board.
The handover of the electoral materials shall be made not later than 48 hours prior to the day of holding the elections.
Municipal administration shall be responsible for the setting of the polling stations, and shall prepare for each voting board the necessary number of ballot boxes and the tools for their sealing, as well as the writing material.
On the elections day, before the beginning of voting, the voting board shall determine whether the electoral material prepared for the polling station is complete and correct, whether the polling station has been set in a manner providing secrecy of voting and whether the voting may start, and shall enter all that into the record on its work.
Article 63
The general electoral list, comprising names of electoral lists and names of all candidates, must be clearly displayed at the polling station during the course of voting.
The contents, form and the manner of displaying of the general electoral list as described in the paragraph 1 of this Article shall be regulated by the Republican Electoral Commission.
Article 64
The representatives of the submitters of the electoral lists and the candidates for deputies shall have the right to inspect the electoral materials, and particularly the abstracts from the voters registers, the records of the voting boards, the records of the Republican Electoral Commission and the ballot papers. The inspection shall take place on the official premises of the Republican Electoral Commission, as well as with the bodies keeping the electoral materials. The inspection of the electoral materials can be carried out within five days from the day of holding the elections.
Article 65
The electoral material shall be kept for a period of no less than four years.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall regulate the manner of use of the electoral materials.
Article 66
The Republican Electoral Commission shall prescribe the contents and the shape of the forms and the electoral material required for conducting the elections, within 15 days after it has been appointed.
3. Voting
Article 67
The voting board shall check the ballot box in the presence of the first voter who comes to the polling station. The result of the control shall be entered into the control sheet, which shall be signed by the members of the voting board and the first voter who to come to the polling station.
The control sheet shall be put into the ballot box, the box shall be sealed in the presence of the first voter, and all this shall be entered into the record on the work of the voting board.
Once the ballot box is opened, it shall first be checked for the control sheet. If no control sheet is found in the ballot box, the voting board shall be dissolved and a new one appointed, and the voting at that polling station shall be repeated.
The form of the control sheet and the manner of sealing the ballot box shall be prescribed by the Republican Electoral Commission.
Article 68
The voter shall first tell the voting board his name, present the written notification of the elections and prove the identity by presenting persona; identity card or other identification document.
The voter shall not vote without presenting proof of his identity. After confirming the identity of the voter, the president or a member of the voting board shall circle the number before the name of the voter in the abstract from the voters register and explain the voting procedure.
The voter shall sign the voters register and take the ballot paper.
The right index finger of every voter who has come to vote and has taken the voting material shall be marked with a special spray to indicate that the voter has already voted. The marking on the index finger shall last at least 24 hours.
Article 69
Members of the voting boards shall not influence the decision of the voters in any way.
The members of the voting board are obliged to repeat explanation of the voting procedure upon the voter’s request.
The members of the voting board shall particularly take care that no one disturbs the voter while marking the ballot paper and that the privacy of voting is fully ensured.
If the provisions set out in paragraph 1 to 3 of this Article are violated during he voting, the Republican Electoral Commission shall dissolve the voting board, form a new voting board and order the repeated voting at a given polling station.
Article 70
The voter can vote for only one electoral list on the ballot paper. The voting is performed by circling the ordinal number in front of the name of the chosen electoral list.
The voter shall fold the ballot paper himself in such a way that his vote cannot be seen and place it into the appropriate ballot box, and then leave the polling station.
Article 71
On the elections day, no alterations can be made in the abstract of the voters registers.
If the voting board acts contrary to provision set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, the voting board shall be dissolved and the voting at a given polling station shall be repeated.
Article 72
A voter who is unable to vote personally at the polling station (blind, disabled or illiterate person) has the right to be accompanied by a person who shall vote on his behalf, in the manner determined by the voter, i.e. fill out the ballot paper.
The manner of voting of the voter described in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be entered into the record.
Article 73
Voters who are doing military service or have been called for military training, or voters on duty in units and institutions of the Yugoslav Army, shall vote at the proclaimed polling station nearest to the barracks where they are doing military service or receiving military training.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall publish, in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, not later than 20 days prior to the day of holding the elections, which previously determined polling stations shall be used for voting of soldiers which are doing military service or receiving military training at specified military posts.
Based upon data provided by the body maintaining the voters register on voters specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Republican Electoral Commission shall make and certify separate abstracts from the voters registers for such voters and forward them, together with the necessary number of certified ballot papers and general electoral lists, to the polling stations specified in paragraph 1 of this Article.
IX DETERMINATION AND PUBLICATION OF THE ELECTIONS RESULTS
1. Determination of the Elections Results
Article 74
After the end of voting the voting board shall proceed to determine the results of voting at its polling station.
The voting board shall first determine the number of unused ballot papers and place them in a separate envelope that shall then be sealed.
Based on the abstract from the voters register, the voting board shall determine the total number of voters who have voted.
When the ballot box is opened, the control sheet shall be checked and then the valid ballots separated from the invalid ones.
The voting board shall ascertain the number of invalid ballot papers and make an entry about it in the record, and then ascertain the number of valid ballots and the number of votes cast for each electoral list, and make respective entry in the record.
Ballot papers shall be deemed invalid if nothing has been marked on them, if the ballot paper is marked in such a manner that the chosen electoral list cannot be determined and if more than one electoral list has been marked.
If the name and surname of the first candidate on the electoral list have been circled on the ballot paper, or if the name or part of the name of the electoral list has been thus marked, or if both the ordinal number and the name of the electoral list and the name and surname of the first candidate have been circled, such a ballot shall be deemed valid.
If it is found that the number of ballot papers in the ballot box is greater than the number of voters who have voted, the voting board shall be dissolved and a new one appointed, and the voting shall be repeated at that polling station.
Article 75
Having determined the voting results, the voting board shall enter into the record the number of ballot papers received; the number of unused ballot papers; the number of invalid ballot papers; the number of valid ballot papers; the number of votes cast for each electoral list; the number of voters listed in the abstract from the voters register and the number of voters who have voted.
The record on the work of the voting board shall also comprise remarks and observations made by the members of the voting board, the submitters of the electoral lists and the joint representatives of the submitters of the electoral lists, as well as all the other facts relevant to the voting.
The record on the work of the voting board shall be countersigned by all members of the voting board.
Article 76
The record on the work of the voting board shall be kept on the prescribed form printed in six copies.
In the municipalities where languages of national minorities are in official use, the record on the work of the voting board shall be printed in those languages as well.
The first copy of the record, together with the specified electoral material, shall be forwarded to the Republican Electoral Commission.
The second copy of the record shall be publicly displayed at the polling station.
The remaining four copies of the record shall given to the representatives of the submitters of the electoral lists which won the highest number of votes at that polling station; the copy shall be handed over immediately if the submitter of the electoral list has a representative in the voting board; if not, the representative of the submitter of the electoral list can collect a copy of the record from the electoral commission within the next 12 hours.
The remaining submitters of the electoral lists have the right to receive, within 12 hours after the electoral material has been sent from the polling station to the Republican Electoral Commission, a certified photocopy of the polling station record from the Republican Electoral Commission.
Article 77
Upon determination of the voting results, the voting board shall without delay, and not later than 18 hours after the closing of the polling station, forward to the Republican Electoral Commission the record on the work of the voting board, the abstract from the voters register, the unused and separately packed used ballot papers – the invalid and separately packed valid ballot papers, as well as the remaining electoral material.
Article 78
Within the term of 96 hours following the closing of the polling stations, the Republican Electoral Commission shall determine on the record: the total number of voters listed in the voters register; the number of voters who voted at the polling stations; the total number of ballot papers distributed to the polling stations; the total number of unused ballot papers; the total number of invalid ballot papers; the total number of valid ballot papers; the number of votes cast for each electoral list individually.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall determine the elections results and make a special record of it.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall prescribe the contents and the shape of the form used for keeping the record on its work.
Article 79
The submitters of electoral lists can accredit with the Republican Electoral Commission a person who will be entitled to witness the statistical processing of the data in the Republican Electoral Commission.
Article 80
Each electoral list shall be entitled a number of mandates corresponding to the number of votes gained.
Article 81
Only electoral lists that have gained at least 5 percent of votes of total number of voters who have voted in the electoral district shall participate in the distribution of mandates.
Article 82
The Republican Electoral Commission shall distribute the mandates according to the system of highest quotients.
The mandates shall be distributed by dividing the total number of votes gained by each individual electoral list by numbers from one to 250 inclusive.
The quotients thus obtained shall be sorted by value, and the 250 highest quotients shall be taken into consideration. Each electoral list shall get a number of mandates equal to the number of such quotients it has.
If two or more electoral lists obtain the same quotients on the basis of which a one mandate is to be allocated, and no more undistributed mandates are left, the mandate shall be allocated to the list which has gained a greater total number of votes.
If none of the electoral lists has gained at least 5 percent of the votes, distribution shall be made in the manner specified in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article.
Article 83
The mandates belonging to a given electoral list shall be assigned to the candidates from that list, pursuant to provisions of this Law.
When the number of mandates allocated to one electoral list is greater than the number of candidates for deputies on that list, the mandate shall be allocated to the electoral list with the next highest quotient.
Article 84
Within the term of ten days following the publication of the final elections results, the submitter of the electoral list shall submit to the Republican Electoral Commission the information about the candidates from the electoral list to whom the allocated mandates shall be assigned, pursuant to the provisions of this Law.
If the submitter of the electoral list fails to submit the information, the Republican Electoral Commission shall inform him in writing that he is required to so within the additional period of five days, warning him of the consequences of failing to comply.
If the submitter of the electoral list fails to submit the information within the additionally allowed period, the Republican Electoral Commission shall pass a special decision assigning all mandates allocated to that electoral list to the candidates from the list according to the order in which they are listed on the list. This decision shall not be subject to complaint or appeal.
2. Publicatio of the Elections Results
Article 85
The Republican Electoral Commission shall publish in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” the data on the final results of the elections for deputies, indicating:
1) the number of voters entered into the voters register;
2) the total number of voters who have voted;
3) the number of ballot papers received;
4) the number of unused ballots;
5) the number of used ballot papers;
6) the number of invalid ballot papers;
7) the number of valid ballot papers;
8) the number of votes gained by individual electoral lists;
9) the number of mandates won by individual electoral lists.
Article 86
The Republican Electoral Commission shall publish the elections results not later than 96 hours following the completion of voting.
From the completion of the voting, until the publication of the elections results, the Republican Electoral Commission shall be present the temporary elections results through the media.
The elections results shall be published in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”.
Article 87
The Republican Electoral Commission shall issue the deputy a certificate of election.
X TERMINATION OF MANDATE, REPEATED ELECTIONS AND FILLING OF VACANT DEPUTIES’ SEATS
1. Termination of mandate
Article 88
The deputy’s mandate shall terminate before the expiration of the term for which he has been elected:
1) if his membership in the political party or coalition of parties on whose electoral list he was elected deputy is terminated;
2) if he resigns;
3) if he has been sentenced by effective Court decision to an unconditional prison sentence of no less then six months;
4) if he has been deprived of business capacity by effective Court decision;
5) if he has taken employment or assumed a function which are incompatible with the position of deputy according to this Law;
6) if he has lost the citizenship;
7) if he no longer permanently resides in the territory of the Republic of Serbia;
8) in case of the deputy’s death;
9) if the political party, or the other political organisation on whose electoral list he was elected, is deleted from the register maintained by the competent body.
The deputy’s mandate shall terminate on the day when any of the cases specified in paragraph 1 of this Article occurred.
The day of termination of mandate shall be ascertained by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia at the first session following the receipt of report on reasons for termination of the deputy's mandate.
Article 89
Repeated elections shall be conducted if the Republican Electoral Commission annuls the elections due to irregularities in conduct of the elections in cases specified by this Law.
Article 90
If the Republican Electoral Commission annuls the elections at particular polling station, the voting shall be repeated only at a given polling station.
When the elections are repeated in cases specified by this Law, the Republican Electoral Commission shall pass a decision on repeating of voting.
In cases specified in Articles 89 and 90 of this Law, the elections results shall be determined after the completion of the repeated voting.
Article 91
Repeated elections shall be conducted in the manner and in accordance with the procedure stipulated by this Law for conducting the repeated elections.
The repeated elections shall be called by the Republican Electoral Commission.
The repeated elections shall be held not later than 15 days following the day of annulment of the elections in the Republic of Serbia, or not later than seven days following the day of annulment of voting at a polling station.
The repeated elections shall be conducted according to the list of candidates established for the elections that have been annulled, except when the elections are annulled due to irregularities in establishing of the electoral list.
Article 92
If the deputy’s mandate terminates before the expiration of the term for which he has been elected based upon paragraph 1 of the Article 88 of this Law, his mandate shall be given to a new deputy, in the manner set out in this Article.
When the deputy’s mandate terminates before the end of the term for which he has been elected in cases referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the mandate shall belong to the political party on whose electoral list the deputy whose mandate has terminated was elected, and that mandate shall be assigned to a candidate on the electoral list for whom the party did not gain a mandate.
When the deputy’s mandate terminates before the end of the term for which he has been elected in cases referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, and there are no candidates on the electoral list for whom the submitter of the electoral list did not gain a mandate, the mandate shall be assigned to the submitter of the electoral list that has the next highest quotient and did not gain a mandate.
The mandate of the new deputy shall last until the expiration of the period for which the deputy whose mandate has expired was elected.
In cases specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, the candidate shall submit a written consent before the mandate is assigned to him.
XI PROTECTION OF ELECTORAL RIGHT
Article 93
During the electoral process, the bodies in charge of conducting the elections are obliged to inform the voters of their electoral rights and of the manners of protection of such rights.
Article 94
Every voter, candidate for deputy and submitter of the electoral list is entitled to the protection of his electoral rights, in accordance with the procedure set out by this Law.
Article 95
Every voter, candidate for deputy and submitter of the electoral list has the right to file a complaint with the Republican Electoral Commission against violations of electoral right during the elections or against irregularities in the process of nomination or election.
The complaint against a decision, action or omission made by the voting board shall be filed with the Republican Electoral Commission.
The complaint specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be filed not later than 24 hours following the moment the decision or action deemed irregular by the submitter has been made, or the moment the omission has been made.
Article 96
Within 48 hours upon receiving the complaint the Republican Electoral Commission shall pass a decision and forward it to the complainant.
If the Republican Electoral Commission accepts the complaint, the decision or activity in question shall be annulled.
If the Republican Electoral Commission fails to pass a decision within the period specified by this Law, the complaint shall be deemed accepted.
Article 97
An appeal can be filed to the Supreme Court of Serbia regarding the decision of the Republican Electoral Commission to reject or dismiss the complaint.
The appeal shall be filed through the Republican Electoral Commission within 48 hours upon receiving the decision.
The Republican Electoral Commission is obliged to forward the appeal and all required documents to the Supreme Court of Serbia within 24 hours upon receiving the appeal.
The Supreme Court of Serbia shall rule on the appeal by adequate application of the provisions of the law regulating the procedure in administrative proceedings.
A ruling on the appeal shall be passed not later than 48 hours upon receiving the appeal and accompanying documentation.
The ruling on the appeal shall be effective and no request for the revision of the Court ruling nor a request for re-evaluation of the Court decision or for repeat of procedure, provided for by the Law on Administrative Processes, can be filled against it.
If the Court accepts the appeal, the relevant electoral activity, or the elections, shall be repeated within 10 days.
XII COSTS OF CONDUCTING THE ELECTIONS
Article 98
The funds required for the work of the bodies for conducting the elections, electoral materials and other expenses related to conducting the elections shall be allocated from the budget of the Republic.
The request for the allocation of funds with the specification of total expenses is to be submitted by the Republican Electoral Commission.
Remunerations paid to persons working in the bodies conducting the elections shall not be subject to taxes and contributions.
Article 99
In the process of conducting the elections, general supervision of the activities of political parties, candidates and the media during the course of electoral activities in the course of electoral activities shall be performed by the supervisory board.
The supervisory board shall comprise ten members, half of which shall be appointed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, and the other half shall be appointed based upon proposal of the deputies groups in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia – prominent public figures, provided that they are not members of any bodies of the political parties participating in the elections.
Members of the supervisor board shall choose among themselves by secret ballot the president of the supervisory board.
Article 100
The supervisory board:
1) monitors the pre-elections activities and points out possible irregularities in the actions of political parties, candidates and other participants in the electoral process;
2) controls the behaviour of the media and abidance of the provision of this Law related to providing of equitable conditions for the presentation of the submitters of the electoral lists and of the candidates from the electoral lilts;
3) proposes measures for ensuring equality of candidates in the presentation of their programs;
4) address the public in order to protect the moral integrity of the candidates;
5) warns against actions by political parties, administrative bodies, candidates and the media which hinder the elections campaign and jeopardize the equal rights of all the candidates.
If any participant in the elections campaign instigates violence, promotes national, religious or racial hatred, or promotes the inequality of the sexes, the supervisory board for the elections campaign shall, without delay, launch the initiative to initiate the process before the competent state bodies.
If the agreement set out in the Article 51 of this Law is not concluded within the specified term, the supervisory board shall determine the number and the duration of programmes for the equal presentation of the submitters of electoral lists.
Article 101
The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia shall appoint the members of the Republican Electoral Commission within 20 days following the day this Law comes into force.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall pass the documents specified by this Law not later than five days following the appointment of its members.
The Republican Electoral Commission shall determine polling stations at which the voting for deputies shall be conducted so as to enable the voters to vote for these deputies as well as for the other deputies, i.e. councillors, for whom the elections are being held on the same day on the same premises or, if possible, on the nearest premises where the other elections are being simultaneously conducted.
Article 102
The Republican organisations responsible for statistics shall publish in “The official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” the data on the number of voters within ten days following the day this Law comes into force.
Article 103
The elections campaign shall be financed with the amount equivalent to 1,000 average net salaries paid in the economy of the Republic of Serbia in the month preceding the month in which the elections were called and for which official data have been published.
The funds specified in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be allocated in proportion with the number of mandates gained.
XIII PUNITIVE PROVISIONS
Article 104
A penalty of up to three year imprisonment shall be imposed for criminal offence committed by the member of the Republican Electoral Commission, a member of the voting board or other person which, in the course of performing duties related to the election of deputies, alters the number of votes cast by adding or withholding the ballot papers, or votes during the vote tabulation, or which publishes the elections results inconsistent with the outcome of the voting conducted.
Article 105
A penalty of up to one year imprisonment shall be imposed on persons committing the following for criminal offences:
1) illegally omitting to enter a person into the voters register or removing a person from the voters register with the intention of preventing him from voting in the elections for deputies;
2) using force, serious threat, bribe or other method induce a person or influence it not to vote in the elections for deputies or to vote for a particular electoral list or not to vote for a particular electoral list.
If the offence specified in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed by a member of the Republican Electoral Commission, a member of the voting board or other person performing duties related to the election of deputies, such person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment from three months to three years.
Article 106
Financial penalty or a penalty of up to one year imprisonment shall be imposed on persons committing the following criminal offences:
1) calling the voter to account after the elections for deputies for having voted or asking a voter to reveal how he has voted or why he has not voted;
2) voting in the elections for deputies instead of another voter under his name, or voting in the same elections two or more times;
3) destroying, damaging, sequestering or withholding in the elections for deputies a marked ballot paper used for voting, any of the electoral documents, or any other object pertaining to the elections or for voting.
If the offence specified in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed by a member of the Republican Electoral Commission, a member of the voting board or other person performing duties related to the election of deputies, such person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment from three months to three years.
Article 107
Financial penalty or a penalty of up to one year imprisonment shall be imposed on person committing the criminal offence of breaching the privacy of voting in the elections for deputies.
If the offence specified in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed by a member of the Republican Electoral Commission, a member of the voting board or other person performing duties related to the election of deputies, such person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of up to three years.
Article 108
A financial penalty from 5,000 to 20,000 new Dinars shall be imposed on an organisation committing the offence of publishing estimation of the elections results or the previous elections results contrary to the provisions set out in paragraph 3 of the Article 5 of this Law.
The person in charge in the organisation committing the offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also be punished by a financial penalty from 1,000 to 4,000 new Dinars.
The person committing the offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also be punished by a financial penalty from 500 to 2,000 new Dinars.
Article 109
A financial penalty from 1,500 to 6,000 new Dinars shall be imposed on a member of the voting board or of the Republican Electoral Commission committing the offence of preventing the monitoring of the work of the bodies conducting the elections (Article 32 paragraph 2 of this Law).
Article 110
A financial penalty from 12,000 to 60,000 new Dinars shall be imposed on the broadcasting organisation specified in the Article 51 of this Law committing the offence of not complying with the provision of this Law, i.e. allowing the presentation of the candidates contrary to the provisions set out in paragraph2 of the Article 49 of this Law.
The person in charge in the organisation referred to in the Article 51 of this Law committing the offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also be punished by a financial penalty from 1,500 to 6,000 new Dinars.
Article 111
A financial penalty from 5,000 to 10,000 new Dinars shall be imposed on the head of the body competent for maintenance of the voters registers failing to fulfil the obligations stipulated by the Articles 12, 19 and 54 of this Law.
Article 112
A financial penalty from 5,000 to 10,000 new Dinars shall be imposed on the political party, coalition of political parties or on the other political organisation or other legal entity, committing the offence of displaying the symbols of a political party or other political organisation, as well as other types of propaganda material, contrary to the provisions stipulated by the Article 55 of this Law.
The person in charge in the political organisation or the other legal entity committing the offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also be punished by a financial penalty from 500 to 3,000 new Dinars.
Article 113
A financial penalty from 1,500 to 6,000 new Dinars shall be imposed on the person committing the offence of using a pager, cellular telephone or other means of communication at the polling station, contrary to the provisions of the Article 55 of this Law.
Article 114
A financial penalty from 500 to 2,500 new Dinars shall be imposed on the person causing disturbance at the polling station which leads to the interruption of voting pursuant to the provisions of the Article 57 of this Law.
XIV TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 115
This Law shall come into force on the eighth day following the day of its publication in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”.
Article 116
On the day that this Law comes into force, the Law on Election of Deputies (“The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 79/92, 83/92, 53/93, 67/93, 90/93, 107/93, 48/94 and 32/97) shall cease to be valid.
Article 117
On the day that this Law comes into force, the Law on the Electoral Districts for the Election of Deputies (“The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” No. 32/97) shall cease to be valid.
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