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Article 42
The Minister shall convene a constitutive session of the National Councils within 30 upon the announcement of the final election.
Applicability of other laws
Article 43
Provisions of the Law on the Election of Members of Parliament, Law on General Administrative Procedure and Code of Administrative
Proceedings shall be applicable to the National Council elections and questions which are not regulated by this Law.
2. Direct elections of members of National Councils
Electoral registers
Article 44
The Ministry shall create a special l electoral register of national minorities which have formed their National Councils by the time of coming into
force of this Law.
If a national minority has not set up its National Council by the coming into force of this Law, the procedure set forth in paragraph 1 of this
Article may be carried out if within 30 days as of coming into force of this Law the Ministry receives a request from the national minority
member or its organisation on condition that the request has been backed up with court certified signatures of at least 5% of the total
population of the national minority according to the most recent census. The Ministry shall issue a Decision on the fulfilment of conditions
stated in this paragraph.
If a national minority decides to set up the national council after the expiration of the dead line from paragraph 2. of this article , in order to
start the establishment of the special voters list , is necessary that before next following election the Ministry receives a request from the
national minority member or its organisation on condition that the request has been backed up with court certified signatures of at least 5% of
the total population of the national minority according to the most recent census. The Ministry shall issue a Decision on the fulfilment of
conditions stated in this paragraph.
The Ministry Decision from paragraph 2 of this Article is final and administrative proceedings may be initiated against it.
Article 45
The Ministry shall inform through mass media all persons belonging to national minorities with voters’ rights from the article 44 paragraph 1 and
2 that the establishment of the special voters’ registry has started.
Every citizen with voter’s right belonging to national minority from article 44 paragraph 1 , 2 and 3 of this Law may request in writing on the
special formula to be enrolled on the special voters’ list of the respective national minority within 15 days from the expiration of the deadline
set in the paragraph 1 of this article.
Article 46
The Ministry shall temporarily conclude the first special voter’s list 120 days upon the announcement that the establishment of the special
voters list has started and shall determine total number of voters on the special voter’s list of a national minority..
If the Ministry decides based on the determined number of voters on the special electoral register of a national minority that the conditions set
forth in Article 29 of this Law regarding direct elections for a National Council are met, the Ministry shall, within 15 days upon the expiration of
the deadline set in the paragraph 1 of this article, call the elections in accordance with the Article 35 of this Law.
General rules pertaining to the special electoral register of national minorities
Article 47
The special electoral register is a public document in which record on members of national minorities who have the right to vote is kept.
Members of national minorities shall be entered in the special electoral register on a voluntary basis.
A separate electoral register shall be kept for each national minority.
A member of national minority may be entered in only one special electoral register.
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