Article 125. Registration of Referendum Campaign Groups
Registration of referendum campaign groups shall be carried out according to the rule provided for in Chapter 11 of this Code.

Article 126. Appointing a Representative of Referendum Campaign Groups to an Election Commission
A member of the Central or Constituency Election Commission with consultative voting right can be appointed only by the campaign groups registered with this commission.

Article 127. Special Requirements for Conduct of Pre-referendum Campaign by Mass Media
127.1 The participation of referendum campaign groups in the pre-referendum campaign shall is regulated by Chapter 13 of this Code.
127.2 One third of the total volume of free airtime of TV and radio companies shall be allocated to referendum campaign groups with more than 20,000 members for holding joint discussions, round tables and other campaigning activities.
127.3 Airtime for the conduct of the joint campaign activities on channels of each TV and radio companies mentioned in Articles 72.2 and 77.3 of this Code shall be allocated and calculated for the referendum campaign groups stipulated in those articles. The registered referendum campaign groups mustshould equally use this free airtime. In this case, the volume of airtime to be used by each referendum campaign group is determined separately.
127.4 The norm for using paid airtime allocated by TV and radio companies mentioned specified in Article 8177.1 of this Code shall be determined by dividing its total volume by the total number of the referendum campaign groups mentioned in Articles 77.2 and 77.3 of this Code.
127.5 The space which is determined by dividing the total volume of space allocated by the periodicals mentioned in Article 8477.1 of this Code into the total number of referendum campaign groups mentioned in Articles 77.2 and 77.3 of this Code can be used by the latter through making relevant payment.
127.6 Refusal of the registered referendum campaign groups from participating in the activities mentioned in Article 127.2 of this Code shall does not cause an increase in volume of free airtime allocated according to Article 80.6 of this Code.

Article 128. Referendum Funds of Referendum Campaign Groups
128.1 The rules for creation and usage of referendum funds of the referendum campaign groups shall be are regulated by Chapter 14 of this Code.
128.2 The referendum funds of referendum campaign groups can be formed by the following financial means:
128.2.1 special funds of members of the referendum campaign groups which cannot be more than 2000 times the conventional financial unit which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on the determination of the referendum;
128.2.2 equal funds allocated to a referendum campaign group registered by the election commission at least 25 days prior to voting day, on an equal basis with other referendum campaign groups, in the order determined by Article 69.9 of this Code;
128.2.3 voluntary donations, not more than 100 times the conventional financial unit from citizens and not more than 2000 times the minimum salary from legal entities which is in force on the day of official publication of decision on the determination of the referendum.
128.3 The maximum limit for referendum funds of registered campaign groups on referendum mentioned in Article 77.4 of this Code cannot exceed 25000 times the conventional financial unit which is in force on the day of official publication of decision on the determination of the referendum; the maximum limit for the referendum funds of registered campaign groups on referendum mentioned in Article 77.3 of this Code cannot exceed 250000 times the conventional financial unit which is in force on the day of official publication of decision on the determination of the referendum; the maximum limit the referendum funds of registered campaign groups on referendum mentioned in Article 77.2 of this Code cannot exceed 500000 times the conventional financial unit which is in force on the day of official publication of decision on the determination of the referendum.

Article 129. Special Accounts on Referendum
129.1 Campaign groups on referendum should open a special referendum account to form their financial funds within 5 days after submitting notification document on commencement of the collection of signatures according to Article 63 of this Code.
129.2 After receiving a certified copy of a notification from the Central Election Commission (Constituency Election Commission), but at least 5 days prior to introducing the referendum campaign group to the Central Election Commission (Constituency Election Commission) for registration, the referendum campaign groups should open a special referendum account on the basis of documents submitted for registration of the authorized representatives on financial issues in order to form a referendum fund.
129.3 Campaign groups on referendum themselves shall be directly liable for violation of financing rules defined by this Code during the financing of their pre-referendum campaign.

Article 130. Transparency in Using of Referendum Funds
130.1 It shall be is obligatory to publish the following information in accordance with Article 95.3 of this Code (for the referendum campaign groups specified in Articles 77.2 and 77.3 of this Code):
130.1.1 about the financial report for spending that fund, if the amount of financial fund on referendum is more than 10000 times the conventional financial unit which is in force on the day of official publication of decision on determination of the referendum;
130.1.2 about the legal entities who made voluntarily donations to the referendum financial fund amount of which is more than 5000 times the conventional financial unit that is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on the determination of the referendum;
130.1.3 about the number of citizens who made donation to referendum financial fund amount of which is more than 250 times the conventional financial unit that is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on the determination of the referendum;
130.1.4 about funds that are returned to donors and the grounds for returning the funds;
130.1.5 about the total amount of funds received for a referendum fund and about the total amount that was spent from the referendum fund.
130.2 Should the number of members of a referendum campaign group be less than 20000, the information stipulated in Article 130.1 of this Code is published in the manner determined by the Central Election Commission.

Article 131. Order of Returning the Funds Received by Referendum Campaign Groups
131.1 With the consent of the relevant election commission, referendum campaign groups shall return the unused financial means of the election fund to the citizens and legal entities who donated to them, on the proportional basis, until campaign groups on referendum submits a final financial report. If the referendum campaign groups do not use this these rights, Article 132 of this Code shall be implemented.
131.2 Referendum campaign groups which are not registered in the relevant election commission shall be are obliged to return unused election funds (provided that the delivery expenses are excluded), in accordance with the proportion of the received donations, to the citizens and legal entities that donated them, until a final financial report is submitted.
Article 132. Unused Funds in Special Accounts of Election Funds of Referendum Campaign Groups
60 days after voting day, a relevant bank must should transfer the money left unused in special accounts of election funds of campaign groups on referendum to the state budgetaccount of the Central Election Commission according to the written instruction of the relevant election commission.