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Regulations On General Elections, County And Municipal Councils (Election Regulations)

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Regulations on general elections, county and municipal councils (Election Regulations)


Date FOR 2003-01-02-5


Ministry Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development


Published in 2003 Booklet 1


Commencement 02/01/2003

Edited
FOR 2015-06-24-764

Changes


For
Norway

Legal

LOV-2002-06-28-57-§2-9, LOV-2002-06-28-57-§6-9, LOV-2002-06-28-57-§7-3, legislation 2002-06-28-57-8-6, LOV-2002-06-28-57-§9-10, LOV-2002-06-28-57-§10-10, LAW-2002-06-28 -57-§15-11

Promulgated
14/01/2003


Corrected 12.05.2005 (§ 35 first sentence)

Short Title
Election Regulations

Chapter Overview:

Chapter 1. Census routing. Access to census (cf. Election Act § 2-9) (§§ 1-5)

Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Treatment of list proposals (ref. Election Act § 6-9) (§§ 12-18)
Chapter 4. the design and printing of ballot (cf. election Act § 7-3) (§§ 19-21)
Chapter 5. Production, design, distribution and use of polling cards (ref. election Act § 2-9 ) (§§ 22-23)
Chapter 6. implementation of advance voting (ref. election Act § 8-6) (§§ 24 - 29a)
Chapter 7. the organization of voting at the polling station. Sealing, storage and transportation of election materials (ref. Election Act § 9-1 ... (§§ 30 - 34a)
Chapter 8. Validation of the ballots and ballots. Counting (cfr. Election Act § 10-10) (§§ 35 - 40a)
Chapter 9. record of elections (cf.. election Act § 10-10) (L-41)
Chapter 10. Penalty for election Act § 9-9, ref. election Act § 11.15 (§§ 42-45)
Chapter 11. Commencement

Adopted by Local Government and regional Development (now Ministry of Local Government and regional Development) 2 January 2003 pursuant to the Act of 28 June 2002 no. 57 on the election to Parliament, county and municipal councils (the election Act) § 2-9, § 5-8, § 6.9, § 7.3, § 8.6, § 10.9, § 10-10 and § 15-11, seventh paragraph .
Changes: Amended by regulations 16 February 2005 No.. 139, april 19, 2005 No.. 323, 24 August 2006 No.. 994, February 6, 2007 No.. 143, May 11, 2007 No.. 504, 20 May 2009.. 535 , March 22, 2011 no. 318, May 13, 2011 No.. 491, February 8, 2013 No.. 165, May 30, 2013 No.. 554, June 24, 2015 no. 764.
Corrections: 20.01.2003 (§ 4, third paragraph) , 12.05.2005 (§ 35 first sentence).

Chapter 1. Census routing. Access to census (cf. Election Act § 2-9)

§ 1. Basis for updating the electoral register after June 30 Updates in the register after June 30 can only be based on the following conditions:

A)
Demands for correction of errors discovered or complaint.

B)
By flowmaster were not recorded before electoral draft was printed, but received by the National Population Register within cut-off date of June 30. The person registered as electors in immigration municipality and deleted from the electoral roll in depopulation municipality.

C)
After an application for inclusion in the register of persons who are resident abroad. The person registered as electors in the municipality he / she was last registered as a resident.

D)
When expats moving back to Norway. The person entered into the electoral roll in immigration municipality. If they're already in the electoral register in another municipality, stripped them from the electoral roll in the former municipality.

E)
When acquiring Norwegian citizenship. If citizenship means that the person has the right to vote, recognized the person in the electoral register in the municipality of residence.

F)
event of death. Competent deleted from the electoral register, unless he has already cast advance voting.

G)
In municipal and county council elections, foreign nationals who would otherwise filled voting conditions on election day, will be delisted from the electoral register if they move out of the country after the cut-off date.

§ 2. Updating electoral
(1) The Ministry ensures that the electoral register is updated in accordance with § 1 until Saturday before election day.

(2) If the electoral roll should be changed after demand for correction of errors or complaint under § 1 letter a, the Electoral Committee shall notify the National Population Register on this.

(3) The Electoral Committee ensures that Norwegian citizens who have lived abroad for more than 10 years and who seek and voting by the end of election day at. 21.00 according to § 1, point c, is inserted in the register manually.

(4) There shall not be any in or out of the electoral register if they thereby electoral register in more than one municipality, or are not in the electoral register in any municipality. In such cases, not electoral updated without census in the other municipality is updated accordingly.

(5) Selects shall not be entered in the register if the voter's in another municipality and has voted in advance of this municipality.

§ 3. Access to census sample

(1) Anyone who submits a list in the election have no cost to receive one paper copy of the electoral register for the constituency. Demands for a census must be submitted to the Electoral Committee in the municipality (s) within the deadline Electoral set.

(2) proposers can access additional census copies and also lists of specific groups of voters, if they pay the extra costs associated with this.

(3) Copies of electoral registers and any other material based on the electoral register can be used only for political purposes and should not be entrusted to third parties unless the purpose of political preparation. It is not permitted to connect the census to other public records.

(4) The Electoral Committee shall keep track of all distributed census copies and shall ensure that all are returned to the Election Board within two years.

§ 4. Laying census census posted by the Election Act § 2-6 should only contain the name, address, date of birth and charges. census numbers and circuit information to the registered person.

§ 5. Exclusion of population register for test purposes After ordering from the Ministry shall Population Registry Authority transfer census based on voting conditions to use for testing purposes.

Chapter 2.

Chapter 3. Treatment of list proposals (ref. Election Act § 6-9)

§ 12. Heading the list proposal - language Registered political parties may choose the party's name to be printed on Indonesia or Norwegian. The party name on Sami language may be an addition to the name of Indonesia or Norwegian.

§ 13. Signatures by electoral law in § 6-3 (2) - writing on paper, confidentiality
(1) The signatures on candidate lists submitted by unregistered groups of registered parties that have not received sufficient support to enter under the simplified rules for submission of candidate lists to the election Act § 6-3 (1), shall be written on paper.

(2) Information about who has signed a list proposal pursuant to § 6-3 (2) are subject to confidentiality and should not be given out, see Election Act § 15-4 (1) and Administration Act § 13 first paragraph. 1. Information about who is elected for the proposed list is public.

§ 14. Elected - confidence range
(1) If a list proposal from a registered political party has been signed by two of the local department directors, these are considered to be the designated representative and alternate. The board of the local branch is considered to comprise the committee.

(2) If a list proposal submitted in accordance with the requirements of electoral law § 6-3 second paragraph, does not specify who the representatives and confidence range for the list proposal, the two top signatories to the designated representative and alternate. The top five signatories of the list are considered to comprise the committee and the next three deputies.

§ 15. Changes to list proposals after the deadline
(1) After the deadline for submission of list proposals has expired, the proposers may only make changes to list proposals that are necessary to bring it in compliance with legal requirements.

(2) If one candidate is deleted from the proposed list, determines the representative if there should be a new name on the empty space, or whether the subsequent names shall advance in unchanged order and the list is supplemented with a new name at the bottom. Other modifications are permitted. If the deadline for submission of list proposals has expired, the representative shall attach a declaration from the new candidate that he or she is willing to stand as a candidate on the list.

§ 16. Who represents a registered political party at the local level if it is unclear who has the right to represent a registered political party at the local level and the right to put up lists, the electoral authorities obtain and apply the statement from party's executive body, cf. Parties Act § 3 (2) letter b.

§ 17. Information about the candidates
(1) If the information on the candidates' position and / or residence applied the proposed list should be done for all candidates on the list.

(2) If the joint lists of individual candidates' background in relation to the various groups behind the proposal, this shall be done for all candidates on the list.

§ 18. Notification to proposers
(1) As soon as the lists are approved, the designated representatives shall be informed and receive a copy of the approved list.

(2) If a list proposal is not approved, the designated representatives for the list proposal immediately notified of this and informed of their right to and the terms for complaining.

Chapter 4. The design and printing of ballot (cf. Election Act § 7-3)

§ 19. Requirements for ballots with candidate names

(1) In designing ballots should be emphasized that the ballots should be read.

(2) The ballot papers used at polling stations must be manufactured in such a way that it is not possible to see what the voters have voted after the ballot paper is folded.

(3) The ballot paper shall contain:

A)
information about the election ballot applies to.

B)
heading showing which party or group list emanates from. Heading shall be printed in type at least 20 points.

C)
name, surname and birth of the candidates standing for election on the list. Information about the candidates position and / or residence may be ballot. This will be done if it is necessary to avoid confusion of candidates on the list. On joint lists may be stated on the individual candidate's affiliation to the various groups behind the proposal. If such information is the ballot, should be done for all candidates on the list.

D)
guidance about the right to alter the ballot paper. If this guide is printed on the back of the ballots shall be stated on the front.

§ 19a. (Repealed)

§ 19b. Requirements for ballots with names of candidates for general elections
(1) In parliamentary elections outside of the ballot have a colored pattern page with color code C0 M60 Y90 K0, and a dark pattern colored strip. Exterior banknote shall on a white background have guidance text and stamp fields. The ballot paper shall be white inside with the names of party or group and candidate name and a fold line with the same pattern and color code as the outside.

(2) The ballot paper shall column of boxes to the left of the candidate's name to change the order of candidates. Column shall bear the heading "No..." To the right of the candidate's name will be column of boxes to delete candidates. Column shall be entitled "Ironing."

(3) On ballot papers for parliamentary elections shall be by manual stated

A)
how voter reorders the candidates, and

B)
that if the voter wishes to delete one or more names of candidates, this must be done by putting a mark in the box to the right of the name of the candidate (s).

(4) At the bottom left side of the ballot shall be printed ballot number and a unique ballot ID. Ballot number shall be printed in font Arial 10 point. The number consists of 22 characters and is generated in election administration system. Ballot number should be printed on both sides of the folded edge. Ballot ID generated by the printing extending in printing, each ballot must have a unique number. This will be printed in font OCRB 10 points. This number consists of 8 characters. Ballot ID should only be printed on the left side of the folded edge.

(5) Control marks to be placed both inside and outside of the ballot as shown in the pictures below.

(6) ballot paper shall be staggered folding. After folding should the size of the ballot be width 150 x height 203 mm. It shall be printed on 90 grams of uncoated white paper.
Ballot inside should look like this:

Ballot outside (pattern side) should look like this:


§ 19c. Requirements for ballots with names of candidates at municipal and county council
(1) At the municipal council outside of the ballot have a colored pattern page with color code C0 M58 Y15 K0, and a dark pattern colored strip. Exterior banknote shall on a white background have guidance text and stamp fields. The ballot paper shall be white inside with party and candidate names, and a fold line with the same pattern and color code as the outside. The inside should have a bottom and top fields in the same basic color as the outside. The notes will have columns for personal votes and field space for candidate names from other lists.

(2) For county council outside of the ballot have a colored pattern page with color code C35 M0 Y5 K0, and a dark pattern colored strip. Exterior banknote shall on a white background have guidance text and stamp fields. The ballot paper shall be white inside with party and candidate names, and a fold line with the same pattern and color code as the outside. The inside should have a bottom and top fields in the same basic color as the outside. On this page, candidates will and columns person votes to be listed in black letters on a white background.

(3) On ballot papers for local government elections shall be printed a column of boxes to use to give personal votes. Column shall be placed to the left of the candidate's name and bear the heading "Personal Voice" or "Person Røyst."


(4) On ballot papers for municipal elections shall be printed a field to use for the entry of candidates from other lists. The field will be entitled "Candidates from other lists" or "Candidates from other lists." On ballot papers for municipal council candidates who shall have voting addition by the Election Act § 6-2 (3), listed first on the ballot and bold.

(5) On ballot papers for local government elections shall be by manual stated that if the elector wants to give a personal vote to one or more candidates, this must be done by putting a cross in the box at the name of the candidate (s). On ballot papers for municipal council shall also be stated in the instructions how elector gives a personal vote to one or more candidates from other lists.

(6) ballot paper shall be staggered folding. After folding should the size of the ballot at municipal and county council be width 150 x height 223 mm. It shall be printed on 90 grams of uncoated white paper.

(7) Municipalities that will select up to 43 members of the municipal council and county to elect up to 63 representatives of the county council may by municipal and county council use the ballot with one fold.

(8) Municipalities that choose more than 43 representatives of the municipal council shall by municipal and county council use the ballot with two folds.
Ballot with a crease to the municipal council should look like this:
Inside

Outer (pattern side)

Ballot with two folds the municipal council should look like this:
Inside

Outer (pattern side)

Ballot with a fold at the county should look like this:
Inside

Outer (pattern side)


§ 20. Obligation to produce blank ballot
(1) In parliamentary elections, the County Election Board that it is being produced blank, white ballot.

(2) In the county council the County Election Board that it is being produced blank, blue ballot.

(3) the municipal council the Electoral Committee that is produced blank, white ballot.

(4) Exterior blank ballot shall have the same performance as the ordinary ballots. They should not stand out from other ballots. On the inside shall be printed the following text:
BLANK BALLOT
Used to blank vote.

Or BLANK RØYSTESETEL
User ein to to vote blank.

§ 21. Right to receive ballot The representative for each list can own expense require that the number of ballot papers they wish. Demand must be submitted within the deadline election authorities.

Chapter 5. Production, design, distribution and use of polling cards (ref. Election Act § 2-9)

§ 22. Production, distribution and use of polling cards
(1) The ministry is responsible for distribution of polling cards ref. Election Act § 2-3 (3).

(2) census on July 8 will be the basis for the production of polling cards.

(3) Options cards shall be voters no later than the ordinary advance voting starts.

(4) If an elector who casts advance to add to the ballot envelope themselves without polling cards, the ballot recipient domestic (except on Svalbard and Jan Mayen) print option card for the voter.

(5) polling card shall be filled in so that it is possible to unambiguously identify the elector from the information on the polling card.

(6) The Electoral Committee duties, in the manner and within the deadline set by the ministry, to disclose the following:

A)
Electoral address,

B)
election premises' name, address and opening hours on election day (s) and

C)
information regarding municipal census, for example. rode division.

§ 23. Design of polling cards
(1) The following information must be specified polling card sent out by the Election Act § 2-3:

A)
which election and year it applies

B)
voter's name, address and date of birth,

C)
name and address of the electoral committee of the municipality the voter's electoral register,

D)
circuit, red, page, line, census numbers and municipality number,

E)
address and opening hours of the polling station on election day (s) and

F)
field where returning officer shall affix the time and place of voting and sign for voice reception.

The polling card shall state that the elector must show identification to cast a ballot. On election back of the card is applied general information about the election. On election card it is also a field of 150 characters where Electoral may decide that other information is to be applied.

(2) Select Card to vote recipient prints the voter in connection with advance voting when votes should be placed in a ballot envelope shall contain the following information:

A)
which election and year it applies

B)

Information that uniquely identifies the voter,

C)
name and address of the electoral committee of the municipality the voter's register of electors and

D)
time and place of voting and vote recipient signature.

(3) Name and address of the electoral committee of the municipality the voter's register of electors and information that identifies the voter (except voter identification number and address) should be visible in the window on the cover envelope. Other data should not be visible in the window of the envelope.

Chapter 6. Implementation of advance voting (ref. Election Act § 8-6)

§ 24. Announcement of advance voting Electoral Committee shall announce the time and place for advance voting.

§ 24a. Advance voting in the period 1 July to 9 August
(1) The Electoral Committee is obliged to ensure that electors who apply to the municipality for the period 1 July to 9 August are voted upon.

(2) The Electoral Committee indicates where such voting. Electoral should, as far as practicable, take into account voters' wishes with regard to the time of voting.

(3) Election Law and election Regulations for advance votes shall otherwise apply to the corresponding extent applicable. Election Act § 8-4 (2), (3) and (4) does not apply.

(4) Selects shall place the ballot in the ballot box. Once the ballot is stamped, the voter shall himself in a ballot envelope and paste this again. The returning officer signs on the polling card and applying time and place of voting. The returning officer places the ballot envelope together with the polling card in a cover envelope pasted again. The voter places the cover envelope in a ballot box.

§ 25. Advance voting at health and care institutions By voting stations on health and care institutions, votes may also be received at the home of persons residing in social security and care homes with immediate connection to the institution.

§ 25a. Limitation of the right to appoint election officials candidate listed on the electoral list on municipal elections, may not be appointed to the election official at the polling stations for advance voting in the municipality. Candidate listed on the electoral list for the parliamentary elections or county elections, can not be appointed to the election official at the polling stations for advance voting in the municipalities in that county.

§ 26. Polling stations By facilitating voting at polling stations, emphasis must be placed on good accessibility for all voters. Blind and visually impaired voters to vote without having to ask for help.

§ 27. Procedure for advance voting. Shipping
(1) The returning officer shall show the voter to the place where the ballot papers have been placed before it made as to the further procedure for election law § 8-4.

(2) Selects to vote in another constituency than where a vote is cast shall receive a ballot with the names of the registered political parties.

(3) Used ballot envelope domestic undecided receiver sign the polling card and write down the time and place of voting. The returning officer places the ballot envelope together with the polling card in a cover envelope pasted again. The voter places the cover envelope in a ballot box.

(4) Voters who have not been entered in the appropriate electoral roll or already crossed off in the register shall not place the ballot in the ballot box. Once the ballot is stamped, the voter shall himself in a ballot envelope and paste this again. The returning officer places the ballot envelope together with the polling card in a cover envelope pasted again. The voter places the cover envelope in a ballot box.

(5) For ambulatory voting, voting in patient and in social security and care homes, the elector shall receive a ballot paper for each group submits a list in the election. They handed ballots shall be back in an envelope glued again. Choose can keep the envelope with the remaining ballots or give this to the recipient. The returning officer shall ensure the destruction of this in a satisfactory manner.

(6) voting rights abroad, on Svalbard or Jan Mayen shall place the ballot paper envelope in a cover envelope and paste this in front of the elector. The returning officer shall then cover envelope following information:

A)
Electoral name and address

B)
elector's name and number,

C)
voter address as at 30 June of the election year, or the last address in Norway if the voter has reported moving abroad, and

D)
time and place of voting.

And the elector then sign the cover envelope.

(7) At the local government elections, the same ballot paper envelope for both elections.


(8) The last two weeks of advance voting period votes shall be forwarded to the voter's home town every day. By forwarding of cover envelopes shall be used shipping envelopes.

(9) Advance votes must be sent by first class post or faster way.

§ 27a. Contingency Procedures for advance voting
(1) When a power failure or loss of communication to the electronic electoral roll, the contingency procedures in this section take effect immediately.

(2) Selects shall place ballot directly in the ballot box, but in a separate contingency envelope, ref. Election Act § 8-4 (3). The voter places emergency envelope in a ballot box.

(3) Emergency envelope must distinguish itself clearly from the rest of the election material.

(4) When the emergency situation ceases emergency envelopes delivered Electoral approval.

(5) If communication with the electronic electoral roll resurface or power returns terminated contingency routine immediately and voters voting in the normal way by the Election Act § 8-4 (2).

§ 28. Postal voting abroad
(1) The elector shall place the ballot in a ballot envelope. At local government elections, the same ballot paper envelope for both elections.

(2) The ballot paper envelope shall be placed in a cover envelope pasted again.

(3) The elector writes cover envelope following information:

A)
Electoral name and address

B)
name and number,

C)
home address as at 30 June of the election year, or the last address in Norway if the voter has reported moving abroad, and

D)
time and place of voting.

(4) The voter shall sign the cover envelope.

(5) If possible, a witness verify the accuracy of the cover envelope. Witness address and date of birth is to be applied cover envelope.

§ 29. Emptying of ballot boxes during advance voting if necessary to empty the bins during advance voting, the Electoral Committee shall ensure the establishment of adequate procedures for the storage of content. Votes cast shall be stored separately from other election materials.

§ 29a. Storage and transport of materials etc. during advance voting § 34 shall apply accordingly.

Chapter 7. The organization of voting at the polling station. Sealing, storage and transportation of election materials (ref. Election Act § 9-10)

§ 30. The polling stations In preparing for voters on election day, § 26 accordingly.

§ 31. Use of special cover envelopes Electors who are not in the relevant section of the register of electors or who have already been crossed off in the register shall not place the ballot in the ballot box. Once the ballot is stamped, the voter put it in the ballot envelope and seal this again. The polling committee shall place the ballot in a special envelope, seal it and write the voter's name, address and date of birth.

§ 32. Voting immediately outside the polling station
(1) If the voter's electoral register in the appropriate electoral roll shall crossing happen before the voter will be given ballots.

(2) To take with them a set of ballot - a ballot paper for each group submits a list in the election - a stamp and an urn out of the voter.

(3) The voter folds the ballot, possibly with assistance in accordance with electoral law § 9-5 (5), and place it in the ballot box after it is stamped by one vote recipients. Voting Recipients then brings the urn into the polling station. Voting officers must not return any of the submitted ballots.

(4) If the elector does not appear in the appropriate electoral roll, or they're already crossed off the electoral register, the ballot paper be placed in the ballot box, but treated according to § 31

§ 33. Emptying of ballot boxes during election day if necessary to empty ballot boxes during election day, the electoral ensure that polling uses the following procedure:

1.
The sealing of the ballot box will be broken by at least two voting board members jointly.

2.
Contents emptied immediately into suitable containers that are sealed and marked with serial numbers.

§ 34. Storage and transportation of election materials. Sealing.
(1) The Electoral Committee shall establish adequate procedures for the storage and transportation of election material at all stages of the election.

(2) The election material be sealed if the periods are not under the direct supervision of the electoral authorities. The seal shall be conducted in such a way that no one can access the sealed material without leaving clear marks.


(3) All transportation of election materials shall be conducted in the fastest adequate means and by others than those who store the sealing.

§ 34a. Receipt of delivery of election materials
(1) In all elections shall be by delivery of election materials from polling committee for Electoral issued a receipt for what is delivered, who delivered and who received the goods and an indication of the time and place when the handover took place. The receipt must at least contain information on the delivery of the polling committee meeting folder avkryssingsmanntallet, number of ballot boxes, the number of units containing ballots in sealed packaging and stamp for stamping of ballots.

(2) In general and county shall upon delivery of the election material from the Electoral to the county electoral committee issued a receipt for what is delivered, who delivered and who received the goods and an indication of the time and place when the handover took place . The receipt must at least contain information on the delivery of Electoral meeting folder and the number of units containing ballots in sealed packaging.

(3) In the parliamentary elections, § 34a (2) equivalent of Oslo on handover of material to the County Governor of Oslo and Akershus.

(4) The recipient shall at the handover check that the delivered goods are in accordance with the provisions of receipt. The receipt must be signed by the delivering and the receiving material.

Chapter 8. Validation of the ballots and ballots. Counting (cfr. Election Act § 10-10)

§ 35. Opening of cover and ballot envelopes Electoral Committee shall ensure that the opening of cover and ballot envelopes not be undertaken by the same people, if this takes place simultaneously. There will be two people present at the opening of the ballots.

§ 36. Several ballot paper envelopes or ballot from the same elector If one vote contains several ballot paper envelopes or ballot without envelope, the ballot paper or -sedlene placed unread in one ballot envelope.

§ 37. Preliminary counting of advance The Electoral Committee shall keep a certain number of advance separate from the provisional count and mix these together with in advance that are after the provisional count has begun.

§ 38. Ballot papers for joint lists A ballot on one of the groups forming a joint list shall be considered as submitted to the joint list.

§ 39. The significance of changes when the voter has delivered several ballots for the same party If the voter at the same election has delivered several ballots for the same party and some of them are directed, the following applies:

A)
when only one of the ballot papers has been approved this,

B)
when several ballot papers have been similarly approved one of the ballots,

C)
when multiple ballots are directed differently, approved one of the ballots, but it disregarded the corrections.

§ 39a. Lack of stamp on ballot papers in ballot envelope If a ballot paper is placed in the ballot envelope during advance voting domestic and at the polling station lacks a public stamp, the Electoral Committee shall stamp retrospectively.

§ 40. Counting in another municipality All inventory made in another municipality or the County Election Board, should remain under the Electoral Authority.

§ 40a. Stamp on ballot papers cast Foreign Electoral Committee shall affix stamp on ballot papers cast foreign if they are to be counted by machine.

Chapter 9. record of elections (cf.. Election Act § 10-10)

§ 41. Preparation of forms The Ministry shall prepare forms in which administrative matters, receipt and processing of voting and ballot counting, voting procedures and checking shall be recorded. The electoral authorities are obliged to use the stipulated forms.

Chapter 10. Penalty for Election Act § 9-9, ref. Election Act § 15-11

§ 42. Payment of a penalty
(1) Violation charges due for payment three weeks after notification of the final decision in case of violation charge is reached the entity.

(2) Delayed payment of violation fines will accrue pursuant to the Act of 17 December 1976 no. 100 relating to interest on overdue payments

(3) Is violation charges not paid when due under the first paragraph, the fee and interest recovered fourteen days after notice of recovery has reached the enterprise.

§ 43. Complaints body
(1) Decisions on violation charges imposed by the Election Act § 15-11 may be appealed to an independent appeals body.


(2) Complaints Authority members are appointed by the King for five years at a time. The appeal body shall consist of three members and two alternates with adequate expertise. Among the members, the King appoints a leader who shall judge competence. Members may not set aside or suspended during the period, unless there is special reason.

(3) The Ministry appoints a technical secretariat for the appeal body. The Secretariat shall be a lawyer.

(4) The appeal body can not reverse the Media Authority on its own initiative. Neither King nor any other subsidiary body may instruct the appeal body or secretariat with regard to interpretation of the law, the exercise of judgment, decision of individual cases or proceedings.

(5) Complaints Authority consultation happens in the meeting. Decisions are made by simple majority.

(6) A decision of the appeal body can not be appealed, but may in the normal manner prosecution in the courts.

§ 44. The appeal
(1) An appeal must be lodged within three weeks after notification of violation charge is reached the entity.

(2) An appeal shall contain the complainant's name and address. The complaint must be in writing and state the factual and legal basis for the complaint. Relevant documentary evidence must be enclosed.

§ 45. If the appeal
(1) The appeal shall be sent to the Media Authority to ensure the investigations appeal are carried out. The Media Authority may revoke or modify the decision if it finds that the complaint is reasonable. If the Media Authority does not find grounds to reverse the decision, the documents submitted to the appeal body's secretariat.

(2) The appeal body may try all aspects of the case, including any new information on the case. The appeal body shall consider the views expressed by the complainant, and may take up matters that the complainant has made.

(3) The appeal body shall ensure that the case is clarified as thoroughly as possible.

Chapter 11. Commencement

This regulation comes into force immediately.