Approved by the Decision 3/15 of
the Central Election Commission of
the Republic of Azerbaijan
dated June 21, 2003

R U L E
for collecting information on the amount and source of income, property and
assets of candidate to Presidency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Candidates make reports on the amount of their income, assets belonging to them pursuant to Paragraphs 1.4-1.5 of Article 58 and Paragraph 3 of Article 58 of the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The following sources of income must be declared in the report (reference must be presented on the total amount of income paid by organizations and physical individuals who have paid during a year):

1. On salary from the main employer
Salary from the main employer means payments for implementation of activity for definite profession, degree or positions based on contracts signed between citizens and enterprises or offices or organizations, or payments for service in cooperatives, farmer properties, public or religious organizations, as well as activity as lawyer or education field employee.

2. On bonus and financial support
Bonus and financial support means bonus for the result of the work and service period, all kinds of once-provided supplementary bonus, stimulating payments for the occasion of jubilee celebration and holidays, birthdays and other similar cases, all kinds of financial support and other bonus for the labor activity.

3. On the income from civil –legal contracts
Income from the civil-legal contracts means citizens’ earnings paid by main employer but unrelated to the implementation of the his/her main duty (from the implementation of special activity or from the substitution for others).

4. On the income from the ownership activity
The income from the ownership activity means income from the activities implied and not prohibited by the current legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan (income indicated in the statement for final year submitted to the tax authorities by physical individuals involved in ownership).

5. On the income from non-ownership activity
Income from non-ownership activity includes income gained from hired activity and all other earnings beyond ownership activity, also including:

- percentage gained from banks and credit offices;
- dividends;
- copyright;
- royalty;
- income from operations on securities;
- the amount of the remitted loan;
- income from the rent of the property;
- income on life insurance;
- presents and financial support from none family members persons;
- achieved heritage;
- lottery winnings;
- other income (other income means other incomes not described above).

6. Information on the property and possession shall be approved by the references received by the relevant authorities (organizations of the Ministry of Property, spheres of communal-utilization, agencies of technical inventory).