The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: parliamentary election law amendments to make the parliamentary election Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1995, nr. 13) follows: 1. Replace article 5, paragraph 4, the word "crime" with the words "criminal offence".
2. in article 6: Add to the first paragraph, after the word "Member" with the words "Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary";
to make the first paragraph after the word "Prosecutor" as follows: "police officers or military personnel, after the list of candidates (candidate list) registration is left position (service) and one month to submit supporting documents to the Central Electoral Commission."
3. in article 8: turn off in the first paragraph, the words "citizenship and Immigration Department";
turn off throughout the article, the word "first".
4. in article 9: turn off throughout the article, the word "first";
make the first part as follows: "(1) the list of candidates may be submitted to: 1) lawfully registered political organizations (parties);
2) lawfully registered political organizations (parties) associations. "
turn off the third sentence of the second paragraph.
5. in article 10: turn off the fourth paragraph (3);
turn off the fifth part of the third sentence.
6. Add to article 11, paragraph 4 of the section "a" after the word "year" with the words "gender, ethnicity".
7. Supplement article 13 with the third and fourth subparagraph by the following: "(3) the second paragraph of article 1, point" a "and" d "in the cases prescribed in paragraph the candidate deleted on the basis of the appropriate authorities to issue a certificate or court verdict. The fact that the applicant: 1) is not a citizen of Latvia-evidenced by citizenship and Migration Board;
2) sentence of imprisonment in a place — confirms the Interior Ministry's information center;
3) have been punished for intentional crimes which are crimes in Latvia also the entry into force of this law, at the time and a criminal record is not deleted or removed,-confirms the Interior Ministry's information center;
4) committed a criminal offence in a State of insanity or crime ill with long disease, which stripped it of the ability to realize their actions or their drive, confirm the Interior Ministry's information center;
5) is or has been the USSR, Latvian SSR or foreign State security, intelligence or Counterintelligence Services employee-has confirmed the Court;
6) after the 1991 Act to the CPSU (LCA), the Latvian SSR darbaļaužu international front, corporate joint Council, and the work of war veterans organization, all-Latvia salvation Committee or its regional committees-has confirmed the Court;
7) does not understand the State language according to the highest (third) State language skill level — attest to the State language centre;
8) is dead — attest to the vital statistics office.
(4) in the third paragraph of this article, these bodies relevant information should be submitted in writing to the Central Election Commission, at its request, free for five days. "
8. Replace article 15, the words "not later than ten days before the election day" with the words "not later than twenty days, but if parliamentary elections take place in the constitutional article 48 for the case, not later than ten days before the election day."
9. Turn off the entire article 16, the word "first".
10. Replace the words "in article 17 on Sunday and Saturday before its" with the word "Saturday" and the words "election day"-with the words "election day".
11. Turn off the second subparagraph of article 20.
12. in article 22: make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) the premises of elections Election precinct Commission (hereinafter referred to as the District Commission) Member, previously verified that the person is a voter and its participation in the passport are not the marks of the parliamentary elections, voters list record voter's name, ID number and voter's mark in the passport shall be made on participation in the parliamentary elections. Voter sign voters list. ";
adding to the third paragraph after the words "stamped with the" with the word "relevant".
13. in article 23: make the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) the Sealed envelope ballot the voter in the presence of members of the Commission personally throw in a sealed ballot box.";
to supplement the article with a fifth by the following: "(5) If a voter before putting it in the ballot envelope and aizlīmēšan this mark or the election envelope has damaged, instead he is issued a new election or a new envelope all the constituency list of candidates applied for the ballot. On the voters list, the check mark is made. "
14. Add to article 24, first paragraph, after the words "location" with the words "ensuring" and aizklātīb with a new sentence as follows: "This vote is entitled to monitor the authorized observers (article 18)."
15. Express article 25 the following: "article 25. If a voter, due to lack of physical could not vote or to subscribe to the list of voters, voter's presence after his oral instructions marks the ballot or voters list shall sign the voter's family or any other person to whom a voter trust. On the voters list, the check is made. Such a person cannot be a member of the Election Commission. "
16. Article 27: replace the first paragraph, the words "both election day" with the words "election day";
to turn off the second and third.
17. off article 28, first paragraph, the word "first".
18. Make the article 29 the following: ' article 29. The previous counting of votes began immediately after polling stations closed, but polling stations where voting by mail, 8 o'clock in the evening, on the third day after polling day. Census district shall open session of the Commission. "
19. Article 34: to supplement the first subparagraph following the words "number of envelopes issued by" with the words "the number of voters tainted envelope";
to supplement the article with the third part as follows: "(3) authorised representatives have the right to acquaint themselves with the counting of votes."
20. Article 35 be expressed as follows: "article 35. (1) after the previous vote counting in one bundle packaged: 1) all the valid ballots, which grouped and packed by candidate list numbers;
2) all invalid ballots;
3) one copy of the Protocol of counting votes;
4) voters lists.
(2) the package sealed with the seal of the Commission for the district. Present authorised representatives (article 18) also have the right to seal the package with your stamps, which must be a reference in the course of the election Protocol.
(3) a second counting of votes in the previous Protocol together with a copy of the election materials packed in the delivery area (cities of the Republic) Election Commission with a cover letter (two copies), which marked the date and time of transmission, the content of the packages, as well as the person with whom these materials sent. Abroad i z made polling stations commissions all election materials delivered to the Central Election Commission.
(4) other election material shall be the Central Electoral Commission. "
21. the express article 36 as follows: "article 36. (1) District (the city of the Republic) Election Commission: 1) after the precinct Commission protocols determine the results of counting votes in the area (the city) and reported it to the Central Election Commission in the order;
2) delivers all the received materials of the elections the Central Election Commission.
(2) the election materials are sent a cover letter, which marked the date, the time, the person with whom the materials were sent, the number of bundles and bundles of content description. A cover letter is added to the precinct Election Commission copies of the cover letter first. "
22. Article 37 be expressed as follows: "article 37. (1) the Central Electoral Commission, opening the bundles with the election materials on each of those provisions shall be drawn up, indicating whether the packaging is intact, one stamps on it, or bundle Contents corresponds to the cover letter.
(2) the Central Electoral Commission the electoral process all marks, setting: 1) for each list of candidates number of votes cast at each polling station, as well as the number of votes in each constituency and in all electoral districts together;
2 candidate received) for each vote in each polling station, as well as the number of votes in the electoral district;
3) electoral districts elected members.
(3) After processing all election marks the Central Election Commission in its previous order packed again. The contents of each bundle up. "
23. off article 38, first paragraph, first sentence.
24. Article 43: complement the article with the sentence the following wording: "in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Election Commission can create voting sites in other suitable premises for this purpose. ';
the text of the article be considered for the first part;
to supplement the article with the second part as follows: "(2) the Central Electoral Commission can develop an Electoral Commission and polling stations on ships with a Latvian flag, which recorded in the Republic of Latvia, if possible in these cases to ensure compliance with the conditions of this law."
25. Article 45: replace the first paragraph, the word "two" with the word "three";
turn off in the first paragraph, the word "first".

26. Replace article 46, second paragraph, the words "in one of the election days" with the words "election day".
27. Replace article 48, the words "election day" with the words "election day".
28. Make the article 50 as follows: "article 50. Ten days after the newly elected parliamentary gatherings ballots destroyed, but after the publication of the results of the elections article 49 of this law in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Protocol of all the Electoral Commission shall be a national archive. "
29. To exclude the transitional provisions of paragraph 1.
The Parliament adopted the law of 26 March 1998.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga in 1998 on April 7.