Restrictions on holding Local Referenda

(1) A local referendum may not be held in territories under a state emergency, siege or war. If the local referendum date is called for the day, on which later the state of emergency, siege or war 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 referenda may not be conducted 120 days prior to or 120 days after the day of conducting any type of elections or referenda in the same territory, unless they are 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 representative authority of the special status administrative-territorial unit which issued the initial decision to hold the referendum.

(4) Local referenda on recalling a mayor may be initiated one year after the respective mayor has been in office, or one year after the last referendum on his/her mandate was held. A referendum to recall a mayor may not be initiated 6 months before the end of his/her term.