Article 42

 

Article 42. Status of Members of Referendum Initiative Group and Other Groups of Referendum Participants
1. Members and authorized representatives of a referendum initiative group shall not take advantage of their office or official position in order to advance and further the referendum initiative, obtain a certain answer to the referendum question.
2. It may be provided for by law that after a referendum initiative group is registered, other groups of referendum participants may be established and registered by referendum commissions, and that the leading bodies of public associations, leading bodies of regional branches or other structural divisions of public associations the charters of which allow participation in elections and/or referendums and which have been registered in accordance with the procedure established by the federal law at a level corresponding to the level of the referendum or a higher level not later than six months before the day when the referendum initiative was put forward may operate in the capacity of such groups. It shall be provided by law that the leading bodies of political parties, regional branches and other structural divisions of political parties may act in the capacity of such groups, in accordance with the level of a referendum. Provisions of this Federal Law governing the activities of a referendum initiative group after its registration, its members and authorized representatives shall also apply to other groups of referendum participants, their members and authorized representatives unless otherwise provided by this Federal Law.