Agreed
with:
Head of the Administrative Personnel
of National Bank - E.S.Rustamov
Approved by the
Decision # 15/52
of the Central Election Commission
of the Republic of Azerbaijan
dated on July 8, 2005
INSTRUCTION
on the rules for the distribution of financial
funds allocated by the State budget among election
commissions for the preparation and conduct
of the Elections to the Milli Majlis of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, control on the usage
of the mentioned funds on determination
1. Expenses
of the preparation and conduct of the Elections
to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
provide the activity of election commissions
in term of their office shall be realized by
the State budget.
2. Registration of the budget fund allocated
for the preparation and conduct of elections
is conducted by election commissions. The Central
Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan
(hereafter referred to as Central Election Commission)
is the superintendent of the money under its
order. Money entered the Central Election Commission
shall be transferred to the Constituency Election
Commissions (Con.ECs) at latest 90 days prior
to the voting day, in their turn, they distribute
these funds among Precinct Election Commissions
at latest 10 days prior to the voting day.
3. After the registration of the candidates,
Con.ECs provide candidates to deputy with funds
equally at latest within 3 days.
4. Rules for the entrance of money into the
election funds of candidates, registered candidates,
political parties and political party blocs
shall be regulated by the Instruction on “Rules
for opening and registration of specific election
accounts, as well as entrance of money into
election fund of candidates, registered candidates,
political parties and political party blocs
and its expenditure”.
5. Money assets shall be distributed among election
commissions by considering administrative and
social-economic indicators of each territory.
6. Chairmen of election commissions are managers
of the fund allocated for the relevant election
commissions and they carry responsibility for
the compatibility of financial documents with
decisions by election commissions, submission
of financial reports on expenses in the case
and time defined by Election Code of the Republic
of Azerbaijan (hereafter referred to as Election
Code).
7. State money assets not spent by election
commissions shall be transferred from the account
of the Con.ECs and Precinct Election Commissions
(PECs) to the account of the Central Election
Commission at latest within 60 days and is preserved
in its account. Transactions on these funds
shall be implemented by meeting requirements
of Article 19.5 of the Law “On the Budget System
of the Republic of Azerbaijan”.
8. Rules for formation election funds of candidates
to deputy shall be regulated by Article 156.2,
but maximum limit of their financial fund by
Article 156.1 of the Election Code.
9. The registered candidate to deputy who collected
3 % of voters` votes or was considered elected,
as well as withdrew his/her candidacy because
of obligatory cases implied by Article 73.3
of the Election Code shall return unspent part
of the money transferred to his/her election
fund within 15 days after the voting day. When
this period ends the relevant bank shall transfer
the fund indicated in the Con.EC`s letter to
his account without any dispute.
10. Registration of the budget fund allocated
to Con.ECs and PECs for the preparation and
conduct of elections shall be conducted separately
by the Central Election Commission pursuant
to forms of financial report.
11. Registration of the expenses implemented
pursuant the reports of Con.ECs and PECs approved
related to elections shall be conducted on each
Article on expenses.
12. Financial reports of the Central Election
Commission, Con.ECs and PECs shall be compiled
pursuant to report form # 2 on expenses reports
of organizations approved by Order I -62 of
the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan
dated on July 15, 1998.
13. PECs submit financial report on the money
entrance and expenditure allocated from the
State budget to the Con.ECs pursuant to Appendice
# 1 made to this Instruction within 5 days.
The report shall be approved by the Chairman
of the PEC.
14. Con.ECs submit financial report on the money
entrance and expenditure allocated from the
State budget to the Central Election Commission
pursuant to Appendice # 1 made to this Instruction
within 10 days. The report shall be approved
by the Chairman of the Con.EC.
15. At latest within 10 days since the day of
the official publication of the electoral results
the Con.EC shall submit the review reports of
PECs and reports of Con.ECs to the Central Election
Commission after being approved by the Chairman
of the commission and head of the local Treasury
office.
16. The Central Election Commission provides
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Milli
Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well
as mass media with the information on the usage
of budget funds and expenditure of the funds
in the election accounts of the candidates to
deputy, registered candidates to within 3 months
after the day of officially publication of general
electoral results. Within a month since the
day of providing President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan and Milli Majlis of the Republic
of Azerbaijan, they should be published in official
press of the Central Election Commission.
