Article 13

 

Article 13. Circumstances under Which a Referendum Shall not be Called or Held
1. A referendum shall not be held if a martial law or a state of emergency have been imposed on the territory of the Russian Federation or on the territory in which the referendum is to be held or within a part of this territory, or within three months after the martial law or the state of emergency have been lifted.
2. The body of state power of a subject of the Russian Federation or the body of local self-government that under the constitution (charter) or law of the subject of the Russian Federation or the charter of the municipality have the authority to decide on calling a referendum shall be entitled to deny refuse to calling a referendum only In the eventif the regulations governing the preparation and conduct of the relevant referendum were violated in exercising the initiative to hold such referendum.
3. The law of a subject of the Russian Federation, the charter of a municipality may establish a period during which another referendum of the subject of the Russian Federation, another local referendum with essentially the same formulation of the question shall not be held. The said period shall not exceed two years from the date on which the results of the referendum are officially published.
4. No circumstances other than those indicated in this article under which a referendum shall not be held shall be established.