Approved by Decision #18/115 dated
on July 25, 2003 of the
Central Election Commission
of the Republic of Azerbaijan

I N S T R U C T I O N
On rules for transference and return of voluntary registration deposits

1. Rules for transference and return of voluntary registration deposits shall be regulated by Articles 58.5, 60.5 and 73.2 of the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and this Instruction.
1.1. While submitting signature sheets and other documents for registration of the candidate to presidency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (hereafter referred to as the candidate to presidency), at the same time a bank document on transference of voluntary registration deposit amounted to 3 percent of the maximum limit of the relevant election fund , i.e.
165 000 000 manat to the account of the Central Election Commission that implements registration can be submitted. This document should contain the destination of payment, i.e. words of “for registration deposit”.
1.2. Election fund of the candidate to presidency, political parties, blocs of political parties can not be used while transference of voluntary registration deposit to specific account of the Central Election Commission allocated for the deposit.
2. If the candidate to presidency is not registered, then the leading authority of the candidate, political party (blocs of political parties) that nominate the candidate can appeal with an application on registration by the Central Election Commission (with name, surname, patronymic, serial number of identification card of the candidate, date and number of the decision on rejecting the candidacy) providing that not to return voluntary registration deposit.
2.1. In this case the Central Election Commission registers the candidate to presidency within 2 days. In all other cases voluntary registration deposit shall be returned to the candidate, the candidate to presidency, political party that nominate the candidate, blocs of political parties within 3 days after adoption of the relevant decision on registration and refusal from registration by election commissions.
2.2. If the candidate to presidency can not gain 3 percent of votes of voters, then voluntary registration deposit is not returned. If the candidate to presidency is elected president or gains 3 percent of voters votes, registration deposit is returned to the former candidate to presidency by the Central Election Commission within 3 days after official publication of election results.
3. If the registered candidate to presidency withdrawals his/her candidacy without any obligatory cause (serious illness of the registered candidate approved by the relevant medical expertise specified by the Labor Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and regarding incapability to function by the court, or health disorder of the candidate to presidency during election campaign as a result of reasons that makes impossible his/her participation).