(1) Pre-election meetings shall not be allowed in the premises of state authorities, authorities of self-governing local communities, public institutions and other entities of public law, nor in the premises of religious communities, except when a religious community is the organizer of a referendum campaign. The elections campaign shall not be financed by budgetary funds and funds of companies whose invested public capital exceeds 25% and companies in which they have a majority holding, except by the funds provided to the political parties from the budget in compliance with the act regulating political parties.

(2) When the organizers of a referendum campaign are organizations of trade unions or workers’ councils, they shall have the right to use the appropriate premises in the companies and institutions for the purpose of explaining their positions to their members, in compliance with the collective agreement or internal rules on trade union activities.

(3) It shall be exceptionally allowed to organize pre-election meetings in the premises as referred to in the first paragraph of this Article when no other building with a hall which can accommodate a large number of people is available in the place concerned.

(4) The prohibition referred to in the first paragraph of this Article shall not apply to the organization of pre-election meetings in the premises intended predominantly for public events.

(5) In the cases referred to in the third and fourth paragraphs of this Article, the premises must be available under equal conditions to any elections campaign organizers. The conditions shall be published by the owner or operator of the premises at least 60 days before the voting day at elections or 25 days before the voting day at referendum.

(6) Notwithstanding the provision of the first paragraph of this Article, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia may earmark funds for the referendum campaign by issuing a respective decision when the initiator or proposer of the referendum is a budget user. The funds earmarked by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for referendum campaign shall not exceed 25% of the permitted amount of costs as referred to in the sixth paragraph of Article 23 hereof.

(7) When a local community is the organizer of the referendum campaign, it may earmark funds not exceeding 25% of the permitted amount of costs as referred to in the sixth paragraph of Article 23 hereof for the referendum campaign.