Article 61. Meaning of campaign group on referendum.
Campaign groups on referendum shall be are the organizations established by the citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic having active election rights with the reason of conducting a campaign for or against the issues to be discussed at a referendum.

Article 62. Activity Principles of Campaign Groups on Referendum.
62.1. The campaign groups on referendum taking part in a referendum campaign should follow the following conditions, along with provisions of Article 2.6 of this Code:
62.1.1. To respect the right of other referendum campaign groups to freely and independently express their views during the referendum campaign;
62.1.2. Not to prevent other referendum campaign groups from establishing independent communication with voters;
62.1.3 To respect legally approved results of referendum, to submit every single complaint regarding the referendum to authorized bodies and to follow the decision regarding this complaint of the same body;

Article 63. Initiators of Establishing of Campaign Groups on Referendum.
63.1. The initiators of establishing of a campaign group on referendum, which are no less than two thousand (2000), shall submit a written notification to Central Election Commission.
63.2. The notification shall be is submitted to the Constituency Election Commission which is situated in territory inhabited majority of initiators, if the number of the initiators of establishing a campaign group on referendum is more than 500 and less than 2000.
63.3. The following details of each initiator should be mentioned in the notification:
• Surname, name, surname, father’s namepatronymic,
• Date of birth
• Address
• The serial and number, as well as the date of issue of the ID or substitute document
• Permanent work or service place
• Rank (if no rank – type of activity)
The list of the authorized representatives of the initiators of establishing of campaign group on referendum is shall be attached to the notification. The notification shall be of informative nature and no decision regarding the notification is required from the relevant election commission.
63.4. Within 5 days the relevant election commission shall give written information to the initiators about the received notification.

Article 64. The Authorized Representatives of the Initiators (Campaign Group) of Establishing of Campaign Group on Referendum
64.1. The initiators of establishing a campaign group on referendum can appoint an authorized representative (representatives) in order to organize the collection of the required signatures and with the purpose of conducting other actions provided for in this Code, on behalf of the initiators of establishing the campaign group on referendum. The number of the authorized representatives of campaign groups on referendum, which are registered in the Central Election Commission, mustshould not be more than 25 persons. But the number of the authorized representatives of campaign groups on referendum, which are registered in Constituency Election Commission, mustshould not be more than 5 persons.
64.2. After the registration of a campaign group, the authorized representatives of the campaign groups on referendum, mentioned in Article 64.1 of this Code, can maintain preserve their authorities of authorized representatives of the campaign group on referendum according to the decision of an the initiative group on referendum.
64.3. The appointment of the authorized representative of a campaign group on referendum shall be is conducted by the way of giving Power of Attorney approved by a notary office to a relevant person. That Power of Attorney mustshould be given on behalf of all initiators of campaign groups on referendum.
64.4. The authorized representative of a campaign group on referendum shall carry out his/her functions based on the Power of Attorney provided for in Article 64.3 of this Code, describing his/her authorities, name, surname, father’s namepatronymic, date of birth, serial and number of ID, work place, duty or service job ((official duty) if no duty - type of activity). The authorized representative on finance shall carry out his functions on the basis of the Power of Attorney provided for in Article 64.3 of this Code, that provides also includes the samples of financial documents and stamps. The Power of Attorney is shall be considered valid upon submission along with the identification document or a substitute document.
64.5 The lists of the authorized representatives, which are appointed by a campaign group on referendum, shall be are submitted to the election commission that registered same group. The following information about the authorized representatives mustshould be mentioned in the list of authorized representatives of a campaign group on referendum:
• Name, surname, father’s namepatronymic,
• Date of birth,
• Serial and batch number and issue date of ID or a substitute document,
• Home address,
• Place of work or duty (if no duty – type of activity)
• Telephone number.
The written consent application of being an authorized representative for each person should be attached to the relevant list submitted to the relevant election commission.
64.6. It shall be is possible to put an end to the authorities of a representative by informing him of the decision of a campaign group on referendum in written form. The copy of this decision should be sent to the election commission and the Constituency Election Commissions, which registered this group. The members of a campaign group on referendum shall accept this decision with the majority of members voting and sign it. In such case the referendum campaign group can appoint another authorized representative.
64.7. The term of power of the authorized representatives of a campaign group on referendum shall begins from their appointed time and finishes no later than the day of official publication of the results of referendum.

Article 65. Collection Rule of Voters Signatures for Establishing of a Campaign Group on Referendum
65.1. Signatures for creation of a referendum campaign group shall be collected and officialized in accordance with Article 57 of this Code. Signature sheets shall be prepared in conformity with Appendix 4 of this Code.
65.2. If the initiators establishing a campaign group on referendum intend to conduct a pre-referendum campaign in all territory of Azerbaijan Republic, they shall have to collect a minimum of 40 thousand voters signatures about the agreement to membership in campaign group on referendum from the territory of at least 60 election constituencies. In this case the number of the potential members of a campaign group on referendum cannot be less than 100 persons from one election constituency.
65.3. If the initiators establishing a campaign group on referendum intend to conduct a pre-referendum campaign in one part of the territory of Azerbaijan Republic, they shall have to collect a minimum of 100 voters signatures of the membership in the campaign group on referendum, in the territory of every single election constituency, which is provided to conduct pre-referendum campaign.
65.4. According to his will, the voter shall haves a right to sign only once to the membership in a campaign group on referendum.
65.5 After the collection of signatures, the signature sheet shall be is signed by the authorized representative of initiators of a campaign group on referendum and a person who collected the signatures. Before signing the signature sheet, the signature collector shall write down his name, surname, patronymic, home address, serial and batch number and issue date of ID or a substitute document.

Article 66. Submission of Documents for Registration of a Campaign Group on Referendum.
66.1. If the signatures necessary for registration of a referendum campaign group have been collected in one or more than one constituency’s territory in accordance with Article 65.3 of this Code, the documents mentioned in Article 66.2 of this Code shall be submitted to relevant Constituency Election Commission on the territory where the majority part of these signatures were collected; the initiators establishing the campaign groups on referendum, who collected voter signatures as mentioned in the article 65.2 of this Code, shall submit the documents to Central Election Commission, as mentioned Article 66.2 of this Code.
66.2. The authorized representative of the campaign group on referendum shall haves to submit the following documents to the relevant election commission before 18:00 75 days prior to the election day for the registration of the referendum campaign group:
66.2.1. Signature sheets with the collected signatures;
66.2.2. Two copies of protocol compiled in the form determined by Central Election Commission about results of collection of voter signature;
66.2.3. The initial finance report of the initiators of establishing the campaign group on referendum (including information about the expenses spent for collection of voters signatures)
66.3. Upon accepting documents, election commissions shall verify each folder by affixing a stamp. Then election commissions shall check the conformity of the quantity of signature sheets with protocols on results of the collection of voters’ signatures. Then, election commissions shall provide authorized representatives of initiators of establishing of a campaign group on referendum with written notification of acceptance of election documents and with an indication of the numbers of signatures sheets and announced the numbers of signatories signatures therein and time of acceptance. If relevant documents submitted by these persons to the relevant election commission before expired time as mentioned in Article 66.2 of this Code, the acceptance of these cannot be refused and there will not be any restriction for the entrance of authorized representative of initiators of campaign group on referendum to the relevant building (room).
66.4. Registration of a campaign group on referendum shall be is conducted after submission of voters’ signatures to the relevant election commission.

Article 67. Examination of Voter Signatures Required for Registration of Campaign Groups on Referendum.
The examination of required voter signatures for registration of campaign groups on referendum shall be is carried out according to the rules of Article 59 of this Code.

Article 68. Registration of Campaign Group on Referendum.
68.1. The relevant election commission has toshould make a decision on registration or refusal of registration of a campaign group on referendum after receiving signature sheets and other required documents for the registration of campaign group on referendum within 10 days. The date and time is shall be indicated on in the decision of on registration or refusal of registration.
68.2. The relevant election commission has toshould submit the copy of the decision on registration of a campaign group on referendum after acceptance of decision within 1 day to the authorized representatives of initiators of establishing of the campaign group on referendum and if there is a refusal of registration the reasons mustshould be clarified. The following can be reasons for the refusal:
68.2.1. Violation of the rules on collecting signatures determined by this Code;
68.2.2. Incorrect formalizing and lack of documents mentioned in Articles 63, 65, 66.2 and 66.3 of this Code.
68.2.3. If number of submitted valid signatures of voters in support of the registration of campaign groups on referendum is less than required;
68.2.4. If the rule for the creation of finance funds of campaign group on referendum and expenditure rule of that fund have been violated (such grounds can be implemented only if a warning has been made before with regard to such violation and a penalty is imposed);
68.2.5. Violations on the requirements of the Article 55 of this Code by the authorized representatives of initiators of campaign group on referendum (such grounds can be implemented only if a warning has been made before with regard to such violation and a penalty is imposed – such violation does not impose any other liability).
68.3. When the cases indicated in Article 68.2 of this Code, are taken as a basis for adoption of a decision on refusal from registration, the decision should be proportional to the made mistake (shortcoming, violation).
68.4. Due to reasons provided for in Articles 68.2.2. and 68.2.4. of this Code, if the mistakes and errors in the relevant documents can be eliminated through corrections made by the authorized representative of a referendum campaign group, then the relevant election commission shall notifyies the authorized representative about it within the period of 2 days, and after such correction is made, the referendum campaign group is be registered.
68.5. If there are signs of legal violation, which can be subject to criminal and administrative liability, the election commission shall transfer relevant document and materials to law enforcement bodies to investigate the case and institute proceedings against these persons being guilty in violation of this Code.
68.6. The card of registration is shall be issued to each registered authorized representative of the campaign group on referendum. The Central Election Commission shall submits the information about registered campaign groups on referendum to mass media, within 48 hours after registration. The Constituency Election Commissions shall display the information about campaign groups on referendum on special notice boards, in accordance withspecified in Article 98.3 of this Code, in the rooms of the election commission at least 15 days before the voting day.