Act
of
amending the Act of the Slovak National Council No 80/1990 Coll. on
elections to the Slovak National Council, in wording of later regulations, and
on amendments to certain acts
The National Council of the
Act of the Slovak National Council
No 80/1990 Coll. on elections to the Slovak National Council as amended by the
Act of the Slovak National Council No 8/1992 Coll., by the Act of the Slovak
National Council No 104/1992 Coll., the Act of the National Council of the
Slovak Republic No 518/1992 Coll., the Act of the National Council of the
Slovak Republic No 157/1994 Coll., the Act of the National Council of the
Slovak Republic No 81/1995 Coll., Act No 187/1998 Coll. and by the Ruling of
the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic No 66/1999 Coll. shall be
amended as follows:
1. In Article 11 paragraph 3, the first
sentence shall read as follows:
„Election Commissions shall be
composed of equal number of the representatives of political parties or
political movements (hereinafter referred to as „political party“), or election
coalitions of political parties (hereinafter referred to as „coalition“) which
submit candidate nomination papers.“
2. In Article 17 paragraph 1, the
words „political parties“ shall be deleted.
3. Paragraph 2 in Article 17 shall read
as follows:
„(2)
Political parties may agree to submit joint candidate nomination papers, and
thus form a coalition. The provisions of this Act relating to a political party
shall appropriately apply to the coalition. Compliance with the conditions
referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 with respect to a coalition shall be
established in such manner as if the candidate nomination papers were submitted
by one political party.“
4. In Article 17 paragraph 3, the text
after semicolon shall be deleted, and semicolon is replaced by full-stop.
5. In Article 17 paragraph 6 (a), the
words „or coalitions“ shall be added at the end.
6. Paragraph 10 in Article 17 shall be
deleted, and paragraphs 11, 12, and 13 shall be marked as paragraphs 10, 11 and
12.
7. In Article 18 paragraph 2 (c), the
words „or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“.
8. In Article 19 paragraph 1, the last
sentence shall be deleted.
9. In Article 19 paragraph 3, the words
„or coalitions“ shall be added at the end.
10. In Article 19 paragraph 4, the words
„or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „candidate political
parties“.
11. In Article 21 the last sentence
shall be deleted.
12. Paragraph 1 in Article 22 shall read
as follows:
„(1) Voting papers shall be printed
for each political party and coalition, whose candidate nomination papers have
been registered.“
13. In Article 23 paragraph 1, the
third, fourth and fifth sentences shall be deleted.
14. In Article 23 paragraph 2, the words
„or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“.
15. Paragraph 3 in Article 23 shall read
as follows:
„(3) During the election campaign it
is prohibited to broadcast election campaign at times, which are in radio and
television broadcasting reserved for commercials, or to use radio and
television commercials for election
campaign.“
16. In Article 23 paragraph 4, the words
„or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“.
17. In Article 33 paragraph 3, the words
„or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“ and the
words “or of the coalition” shall be inserted after the words “of the political
party”.
18. In Article 34 paragraph 1, the words
„or coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „political party“.
19. In Article 34 paragraph 2, the words
„or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“, and the
words „or of the coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „of the political
party“.
20. In Article 35 paragraph 2
subparagraphs (e), (f) and (g) the words „or coalitions“ shall be inserted
after the words „political parties“ in a corresponding grammar form.
21. In Article 39 paragraph 2(e) the
words „or coalition“ shall be added at the end.
22. In Article 39 paragraph 2 (f) the
words „or coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „political party“, and
the words „political movements“ shall be deleted.
23. In Article 39 paragraph 2 (g) the
words „or coalitions“ shall be added at the end.
24. In Article 41 at the end of the
first sentence the words „and coalition“ shall be inserted. The second sentence
shall be deleted.
25. Paragraphs 2 to 4 in Article 41
shall be replaced by the new paragraphs 2 and 3, which read as follows:
„(2) The Central Election Commission
shall furthermore ascertain:
a) which political parties obtained
less than five percent,
b) which coalitions composed of two or more
political parties obtained less than seven percent,
c) which coalitions composed of at
least four political parties obtained less than ten percent
from the total number of valid
votes. In the subsequent ascertainment of election returns and allocation of
mandates these political parties and coalitions and votes given to them shall
not be taken into account.
(3) If the Central Election Commission
ascertains that none of the political parties and none of the coalitions have
met the requirements under paragraph 2, it shall gradually reduce
a) for political parties the limit of
five percent to the limit of four percent,
b) for coalitions under paragraph 2(b)
the limit of seven percent to the limit of six percent,
c) for coalitions under paragraph 2(c)
the limit of ten percent to the limit of nine percent,
so that in the subsequent
ascertainment of election returns and allocation of mandates at least two
political parties or two coalitions, or one political party and one coalition
could be taken into account.“
26. In Article 42 paragraphs 1 to 5 the
words „or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“ in
a corresponding grammar form.
27. In Article 44 paragraph 2(c) the
text after the first comma shall be deleted and the words „coalition of
political parties“ shall be replaced by the word „coalition“.
28. Paragraph 1 in Article 48 shall read
as follows:
„(1) If a mandate is vacated during
the electoral term of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, a substitute
from the same political party shall succeed, who shall be designated by the
political party from among the candidates listed in the candidate nomination
papers with due regard to the qualifications of the deputy, whose mandate has
been vacated. This shall not apply, if a vacant mandate is to be taken up by a
substitute who obtained in elections the required number of preferential votes
pursuant to Article 42 paragraph 5.“
29. In Article 48 paragraph 2, the words
„or of the coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „of the political
party“.
30. In Article 52 paragraph 3 the words
„or coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „political party“.
31. In Article 52 paragraph 4 the words
„or coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „political party“.
32. In Article 53 paragraph 2 the words
„or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“.
33. In Article 53 paragraph 3 the words
„or coalitions“ shall be inserted after the words „political parties“, and the
words „or coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „political party“.
Act No 99/1963 Coll. Code of Civil
Procedure as amended by the Act No 36/1967 Coll., Act No 158/1969 Coll., Act No
49/1973 Coll., Act No 20/1975 Coll., Act No 133/1982 Coll., Act No 180/1990
Coll., Act No 328/1991 Coll., Act No 519/1991 Coll., Act No 263/1992 Coll., the
Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 5/1993 Coll., the Act of
the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 46/1994 Coll., the Act of the
National Council of the Slovak Republic No 190/1995 Coll., the Act of the
National Council of the Slovak Republic No 232/1995 Coll., the Act of the
National Council of the Slovak Republic No 233/1995 Coll., the Act of the
National Council of the Slovak Republic No 22/1996 Coll., the Act of the
National Council of the Slovak Republic No 58/1996 Coll., by the Ruling of the
Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic No 281/1996 Coll., Act No 211/1997
Coll., by the Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic No
359/1997 Coll., Act No 124/1998 Coll., Act No 144/1998 Coll., Act No 169/1998
Coll., Act No 187/1998 Coll., Act No 225/1998 Coll., Act No 233/1998 Coll., Act
No 235/1998 Coll., by the Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak
Republic No 318/1998 Coll., Act No 331/1998 Coll., and by the Ruling of the
Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic No 66/1999 Coll. shall be
amended as follows:
1. In Article 200g paragraph 1(a) to
(c) the words „or coalition“ shall be inserted after the words „political
party“.
2. Paragraph 2 in Article 200g shall
read as follows:
„(2) Participants in the procedure
shall be a political party or coalition, which filed a motion in accordance
with paragraph 1, a political party or coalition against whose registration of
candidate nomination papers a motion pursuant to paragraph 1 subparagraph (a) or
(b) has been filed, or a political party or coalition involved in a motion in
case of a decision on refusal to register its candidate nomination papers
pursuant to paragraph 1(c), and the Central Election Commission.“
Act No 468/1991 Coll. on operation
of radio and television broadcasting as amended by the Act No 597/1992 Coll.,
the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 166/1993 Coll., the
Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 325/1993 Coll., the Act
of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 212/1995 Coll., the Act of
the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 220/1996 Coll., Act No 160/1997
Coll., Act No 283/1997 Coll., Act No 187/1998 Coll., Act No 233/1998 Coll. and
by the Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic No 66/1999
Coll. shall be amended as follows:
Article 20a shall be deleted.
This Act shall enter into force on
the day of its promulgation.
Rudolf Schuster, m. p.
Jozef Migaš, m. p.
Mikuláš Dzurinda, m. p.