Restrictions on Holding Local Referendum

(1) A local referendum may not be held in territories under a state of war, siege or emergency. If the local referendum date is called for the day, on which later the state of war, siege or emergency is declared, then the referendum shall be cancelled de jure or postponed, pursuant to the terms of holding referendum stipulated by this Code.

(2) Local referendums may not be conducted 120 days prior to or a!er the day of any type of election or referendum in the same territory, unless the local referendum is conducted on the same day.

(3)The decision to postpone a local referendum shall be made by the Central Electoral Commission at the proposal of the local council or the representative authority of the special status territorial-administrative unit which issued the initial decision to hold the referendum.

(4) Local referendums on recalling a mayor may be initiated one year after the respective mayor has been in office, or one year a!er the last referendum on his/her mandate was held. Referendums to recall a mayor may not be initiated six months before the end his/her term.