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| The Elections Act of Islamic Consultative Assembly |
| Chapter 6 - Campaigning: |
| Article 56: |
| Campaigning activity of candidates shall start 8 days before election (first and second phases) and shall discontinue 24 hours before the start of the election. |
| Article 57: |
| Using any placard, tract, wall writing and propaganda shows as well as mobile speakers outside the speaking hall and the like except photos at most in two forms, speech materials, questions and reply from the side of election candidates and their fans, is not allowed. The violators shall be sentenced to 3 to 30 days imprisonment.
Note: Commenting of political characters in approving the candidates is permissible provided without specifying the title and liability of them and the relevant document signed by them has been submitted to the executive board of election. |
| Article 58: |
| Nobody has right to remove and destroy the campaign posters within the legal time and such action shall be deemed as offence. |
| Article 59: |
Any campaign activity, after official announcement of nominees, through media, Friday pray rostrum or any other means, which are official and governmental, activity of employees during working hours and also using other means of ministries, offices, public companies and institutes affiliated to the government, municipality and other organizations which use public budget (to any extent) and also providing such means and facilities are forbidden and shall be considered as offence.
Note 1:
The institutes and organizations the assets of which are from public properties, such as Mostazafan foundation are subject to this Article.
Note 2:
The publications and press belonging to organizations, ministries, offices and institutes mentioned in this article, shall have not the right to propagandize for election nominees even by publication of notice. |
| Article 60: |
| Members of the executive board and supervision over election shall not have the right to campaign for or against the election nominees. |
| Article 61: |
| Sticking of notice, photo, poster and any propaganda on the signs of traffic control signs of hospitals, schools and other educational institutes and also the signs erected in public streets by the government sector and the affiliates of the government and post boxes, telephone booth, power and telephone panels, panels and real estates of private sector is not allowed unless by permission of the owners. The offenders shall be prosecuted by the police officers and shall be handed over to judicial authorities. Governor Generals shall eliminate such papers otherwise it shall be considered as offence. |
| Article 62: |
| Any notice and propaganda shall be removed from the place of polling station before the election. |
| Article 63: |
| Polling stations shall be erected only in any village, cities and counties. In greater cities, polling stations shall be erected in each municipal district.
Note 1:
Polling station, is a center where nominees' camping activities stipulated in
the chapter 6 of this law are organized.
Note 2:
Establishment of polling station without announcement of its address, name of the
authority in charge to the governor general is forbidden. |
| Article 64: |
| Press and publishers have not the right to publish articles against the nominees or publish false information culminating in withdrawal of a group of voters; in any case, the nominees have right to give their responses within 18 hours after publication and the publishers shall publish it immediately according to press law. If the response is not published, the publisher shall be responsible to send the nominee's response to a similar publisher for publication in its first periodical. Publication of such materials otherwise is forbidden and the nominee has right to publish his/her objection. |
| Article 65: |
The candidates and their fans are not allowed to campaign against other candidates.
They can only express their eligibilities and any disrespect towards nominees in public
is forbidden and the offenders shall be punished. |
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