General Election Act-Act 5 of 2014

President

Based on the Constitution

As approved by the People's Assembly at its ongoing session, 16-05-1435 approver. 2014-03-17 The following shall be issued:

Chapter I

Electoral definitions, objectives and rights

Article 1

In applying the provisions of this Law, the following expressions shall mean the meaning given to each of them:

Law: General Elections Act.

Election: The exercise of the right to elect the President of the Republic, its representatives to the People's Assembly and the local governing bodies.

Referendum: Taking the opinion of the electors when referring any matter of the supreme national interest in accordance with the provisions of Article 116 of the Constitution.

Higher Committee: Higher Judicial Committee for Elections.

Subcommittee: The Judicial Committee, which operates under the supervision of the High Electoral Commission.

Nomination Committee: The Judicial Committee which determines the legality of applications for nomination.

Election Committee: The Committee that manages the election in the Electoral Centre.

Electoral status: the place where a voter is exercising his or her electoral rights in the selection of his/her representatives or expressing an opinion in the referendum, in which the Electoral Commission shall proceed with its work.

The electoral district: the geographical area of the electorate, which has a specific number of seats.

Administrative President: Governor, Region Manager or District Director.

Voters: Every citizen enjoys electoral rights.

Voter: Every March voter has the right to vote or referendum.

Candidate: Every citizen wishes to nominate himself for the office of President of the Republic, the membership of the People's Assembly, or the membership of the local governing bodies.

Electoral domicile: place of civil registration of the voter or candidate.

The worker: Everyone who works in a public or private sector or in the private sector is paid or affiliated with the trade union organization and does not have a commercial or industrial record.

Al-Falah: Everyone who works in the land on his own, or in association with others, is affiliated with the agricultural organization, and the plant and animal agriculture is its main source of livelihood and does not have a commercial or industrial record except for agricultural production.

Article 2

This Act is intended to:

1. Organization of the election of the President
2. Organization of the election of the People's Assembly
3. Organization of election of members of local governing bodies.
4. Organization of the referendum.
5. :: Guarantee the right of voters to freely choose their representatives, the integrity and integrity of electoral processes, the right of candidates to monitor them, and the punishment of the people of their will.
6. Controls the financing and regulation of electoral processes.
7. Organization of electoral publicity.

Article 3

1. The election and the referendum are the right and duty of every citizen when the conditions set forth in this law are available for exercising this law, regardless of their religion, opinion or political affiliation.
2. The right to vote or referendum shall be exercised by universal, secret, direct and equal suffrage in a free and individual manner, and this right shall not be exercised by the Agency.

Article 4

Every citizen who is 18 years of age shall have the right to vote or referendum, unless he or she is deprived of this right or suspended in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Article 5

The right to vote or to referendum is denied:

1. The quarry is on it for the duration of the stone.
2. He has been affected by a mental illness that has been incapacitated for the duration of his illness.
3. A person sentenced to a criminal offence, an outrageous misdemeanor or a breach of public trust, by virtue of a sentence, unless it is considered in accordance with the law, and the outrageous and public trust offences are determined by a decision of the Minister of Justice.

Article 6

The right to vote and to stand for membership in the People's Assembly or to be members of local governing bodies shall be suspended from the military and the internal security forces throughout their presence in service.

Article 7

Blind voters and other persons with disabilities who cannot prove their views by themselves on the ballot paper may entrust those who are present before the Election Committee with the opinion that they appear on the ballot paper, or that the opinion of the opinion may be heard, so that the members of the Committee hear them hear them. The election, in both cases, proves the Acting Chairperson of the Committee on the record.

Chapter II

Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections and its Committees

Article 8

1. It is a judicial committee called Higher Judicial Committee for Elections " Its headquarters, Damascus, is responsible for the administration of the elections and the referendum, the full supervision of the elections for membership of the People's Assembly and local governing bodies, and taking all necessary measures to guarantee their freedom of exercise, integrity and integrity, and independence in their work on any other.
2. The Committee is composed of seven members nominated by the Supreme Council of the Judiciary of the Court of Cassation, as well as in reserve, and issued a decree to form it, and to determine the remuneration of its members.
3. The members of the Committee are not subject to isolation, and if the place of one of its members becomes vacant for any reason, instead it is the oldest of the reserve judges.
4. The Committee shall exercise its functions and competencies with full independence, impartiality and transparency, and shall prohibit any interference in its affairs and functions or the limitation of its powers.

Article 9

1. The term of the committee is four years from the date of its formation decree, which is not renewable.
2. The Committee shall be chaired by the Senior Judge among its members, convened and convened in the presence of a majority of its members. Members of the Committee shall have equal rights to deliberate and vote, and the Committee shall take its decisions by a majority of those present and, in the event of equality of votes, the most likely of which is the President. Session.
3. In the absence of the Chairman of the Committee, the senior member of the Committee will be absent.
4. All ministries and other public and other actors whose work relates to the elections shall implement the decisions of the Committee.
5. The Committee has the right to use such expertise as it deems appropriate with a view to accomplishing its tasks.

Article 10

The Supreme Judicial Committee shall:

1. Act on the good application of the provisions of this Act.
2. Management of the process of electing the President under the supervision of the Supreme Constitutional Court
3. To fully supervise the elections of the members of the House of the People and the local governing bodies and to organize all necessary measures to ensure their freedom, integrity, integrity, transparency and control.
4. Fully supervise the referendum process, and organize all its own procedures.
5. Designation, headquarters and supervision of the members of the subcommissions.
6. Designation and supervision of the members of the nominating committees for the election of the People's Assembly and local governing bodies.
7. General supervision of the counting of election results.
8. Announcement of final results of the People's Assembly elections.

Article 11

1. A tripartite judicial subcommittee shall be formed by decision of the Supreme Judicial Committee, in each governorate at any election or referendum, to be arranged by an appeal judge, to be headed by the Senior Judge, and more than one committee may be formed in the same county.
2. The decision of the formation includes the nomination of three reserve judges at the same time as any of whom shall replace the original judge in the SPT when he is absent.
3. The Supreme Judicial Committee shall determine the remuneration of the subcommittees.
4. The subcommittees shall comply with the decisions issued by the High Judicial Committee and shall operate under their supervision, and in accordance with their directives.
5. The Committee has the right to use such expertise as it deems appropriate with a view to accomplishing its tasks.
6. Article 12

The subcommittees shall:

1. Identification of polling stations at least seven days prior to the day of election or referendum in coordination with the administrative head.
2. Direct supervision of the work of the nominating committees relating to the elections of the People's Assembly and the local governing bodies, and the work of the polling stations committees.
3. To accept the withdrawal of the candidate for the Assembly and local governing bodies.
4. Give certified books that enable candidate agents to follow up and monitor the electoral process.
5. Oversee the counting of election results from the polling stations in their constituencies.
6. To decide on the appeals to which it is submitted on decisions issued by the nominating committees and the committees of the election centres.
7. The subcommission may, when necessary, cancel or relocate the Electoral Centre and the re-election of the Centre at the place designated by the Committee.
8. Supervision of the recounts of the funds objecting to them in the presence of the candidates, their agents or the media, and organizes a record of this.
9. To announce the final results of the local governing council elections.

Article 13

1. A tripartite judicial nomination committee for the elections of the People's Assembly and the local governing bodies shall be formed by a decision of the Higher Committee, in each constituency with the rank of commencement judges headed by the Senior Judge, and more than one committee may be formed in the same constituency.
2. A tripartite judicial nomination committee for the elections of local governing bodies shall be formed by a decision of the Higher Committee in each governorate, with the rank of judges beginning to be headed by the Senior Judge, and more than one committee may be formed in the same county.
3. The decision of the formation includes the nomination of three reserve judges at the same time as any of them will replace the original judge of the nominating committee when he is absent.
4. The Supreme Judicial Committee shall determine the remuneration of nomination committees.
5. The nominating committees shall comply with the decisions issued by the High Judicial Committee and the subcommittees and shall operate under their supervision.

Article 14

The Nomination Committee for Elections of the People's Assembly and local governing bodies:

1. To study and decide on the legality of applications for nomination within five days at most of the date of the registration of the application, and the application is admissible if such time expires without being decided upon.
2. Verify the sector to which the filter belongs.
3. To announce the names of those who have decided to accept their nomination in accordance with the alphabetical order of each sector at its headquarters.

Article 15

1. The Election Committee shall be made up of three members by decision of the Governor, at each election centre for civil servants in the State, to run the election centre, the head of which is named in the formation decision.
2. Members of the election centers committees before their direct action will be sworn in before the head of the subcommittee in his constituency, according to the following formula: " I swear by God, I shall perform my mission honestly, honestly, with integrity and impartiality."
3. If a member of the Election Centre Committee is absent, the Chairperson shall be appointed instead of the electors present after he or she is sworn in in paragraph (b) of the present article.
4. If the Chairperson of the Committee or the Committee of the Whole Election Centre is absent, a Chairperson of the Committee or a new committee shall be appointed by the Administrative President in the Electoral Centre, and its members shall be sworn in by paragraph (b) of the present article.

Article 16

The Election Centre Commission shall:

1. Managing the voting process in the electoral centre.
2. Record the names of the voters and ascertain their character.
3. Conduct a vote count at the centre and announce its results.
4. Organization of the voting records and the adjournment of the ballot to the Subcommittee.
5. To enable candidates or their agents to monitor the voting process and vote counting, to listen to their observations and objections, and to write this in a special protocol.
6. Enable the media and the press to monitor the voting process and vote counting.
7. To decide on the objections submitted to it during the course of the electoral process and to count the votes, and without its decisions in this regard in the private record, and these decisions are subject to appeal to the Subcommittee whose decision is in this regard.

Rule 17

The Chairman of the Election Centre Committee shall have the status of a judicial officer throughout the polling period, and shall maintain public order in the electoral centre, take all necessary measures to ensure the freedom of the voters to exercise their electoral rights, and have the use of internal security forces when necessary.

Chapter III

Electoral constituencies and number of seats

Rule 18

The territory of the Syrian Arab Republic is one electoral district for the purpose of:

1. Election of the President.
2. Referendum.

Rule 19

Elections to the People's Assembly are held on the basis of the constituency, and each constituency shall be elected equal to the number of seats allocated to it.

Rule 20

Each governorate is considered to be a constituency for the election of its representatives to the People's Assembly except Aleppo governorate, which consists of two electoral districts:

1. Aleppo City Circle
2. Aleppo Governorate Circle

Rule 21

The People's Assembly (250) is composed of 250 members.

Rule 22

The People's Assembly shall consist of representatives of the following sectors:

1. Workers and peasants.
2. The rest of the people.

The proportion of representatives of the first sector (50 %) At least 50 percent of the people's council seats.

Rule 23

1. The election date of the People's Assembly shall be set by decree 90 days before the expiration date of the mandate of the People's Assembly.
2. The decree includes the number of members assigned to each of the sectors referred to in article 22 of this Law for each electoral district.

Rule 24

Local governing bodies consist of representatives from the following sectors:

1. Workers and peasants.
2. The rest of the people.

The proportion of representatives of the first sector (50 %) At least 50 % in the local councils, and the ratio referred to in this article does not require the distribution of seats between the two sectors in the same constituency.

Rule 25

1. The election date of the local governing bodies shall be determined by decree to be issued during the 60 days preceding the expiration date of those councils.
2. The number of members assigned to each sector referred to in article 24 of this Law shall be determined by decision of the Minister of Local Administration for each constituency.

Rule 26

1. Members of local governing bodies are elected on the basis of constituencies by voter constituencies, and each constituency elects a number of candidates equal to the number of seats allocated to it.
2. The number of constituencies for provincial councils and cities in governorates and cities with a population of over 100,000 is determined by a decision by the minister of local administration.
3. Both cities and other administrative units are one electoral district in the election of their local council.
4. The number of members of provincial and other administrative units shall be determined by decision of the Minister of Local Administration in accordance with the ratio specified in the Local Administration Act.
5. Seats are distributed in the designated district councils and divided cities into constituencies by decision of the Governor.

Chapter IV

General electoral roll

Rule 27

Registration in the general electoral register is a fundamental right and an individual responsibility for every citizen who has the conditions for exercising the right to vote under the provisions of this law, and has to request that his name be registered in the electoral register and, if not, to verify that his name is registered.

Rule 28

1. The general electoral register at the level of the Syrian Arab Republic is prepared by the Ministry of the Interior in coordination with the Ministries of Justice and Local Administration and the Central Bureau of Statistics.
2. The general election record must contain the following data for each voter:

• Full triple name.
• Mother's name and proportion.
• Sex.
• Place and date of birth.
• Permanent residence.
• National number.
• Civil registration number and location.

3. The general electoral roll is reviewed once at the beginning of each year, to add, delete or modify, and is reviewed at least two months prior to the date of any electoral benefit.

Rule 29

The Supreme Judicial Committee must ensure that the general electoral roll is updated and scrutinized at least two months prior to any electoral process.

Chapter V

Conditions and procedures for the nomination of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic

Rule 30

The candidate for the position of President of the Syrian Arab Republic is required to:

1. To be 40 years old, at the beginning of the year in which the election takes place.
2. To be of Syrian Arab nationality by birth from two parents enjoying Syrian Arab nationality by birth.
3. He shall be entitled to his or her civil and political rights and is not guilty of an outrageous offence and if it is considered to be a criminal offence.
4. He is not married to non-Syrian.
5. Be resident in the Syrian Arab Republic for at least ten years a permanent residence at the time of submission of the application for nomination.
6. Do not possess any nationality other than the nationality of the Syrian Arab Republic.
7. Do not be deprived of the exercise of the right to vote.

Rule 31

The President of the Syrian Arab Republic elects directly from the people.

Rule 32

1. The President of the People's Assembly shall call for election to the President of the Syrian Arab Republic before the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent President for a minimum of 60 days and no more than ninety days, and the invitation shall include the date of election.
2. The nomination student is aware of his desire to nominate himself to the elections of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic to the People's Assembly so that a member of the People's Assembly may choose the candidate who wishes to support his candidacy.

Rule 33

The nomination door for the office of President of the Syrian Arab Republic is open from the day after the invitation.

Rule 34

The Supreme Constitutional Court supervises the election of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic and organizes its proceedings in accordance with the following:

1. The application for nomination by the candidate or his/her legal agent shall be submitted to the Tribunal and recorded in a special register, in sequence of receipt, within 10 days of the day following the call for the election of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic.
2. The application for nomination shall be accepted only if the applicant has written support for the nomination of at least thirty-five members of the People's Assembly, and none of these members may support more than one candidate for the presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic.
3. The Supreme Constitutional Court shall examine and decide on the legality of applications for nomination within the following five days for the expiration of their submission at the most.
4. The Supreme Constitutional Court announces the names of those who decided to accept their nomination.

Rule 35

1. The person who rejected his application for nomination by the Supreme Constitutional Court is entitled to complain about this decision within three days of the date of rejection of his application.
2. The Supreme Constitutional Court shall rule on this remedy within the following three days for submission of a decision.

Rule 36

A final list of candidates shall be prepared by the Supreme Constitutional Court, which shall be made public by publication in the Official Journal and in two daily newspapers, at least fifteen days prior to the scheduled day of balloting.

Rule 37

The President of the People's Assembly calls for opening the door to run again under the same conditions in the following cases:

1. If the nomination of any candidate is not accepted by the Supreme Constitutional Court within the prescribed legal period.
2. If the nomination of only one candidate is accepted by the Supreme Constitutional Court within the prescribed legal period.
3. If the candidate who accepted his nomination died before the opening of the ballot, only one candidate remains for the office of the presidency.

Rule 38

Taking into account the provisions of article 34 of this Law, the Supreme Judicial Commission, the subcommittees and the commissions of the electoral centres shall function in accordance with the provisions of this Law with regard to the election of the President of the Republic under the supervision of the Supreme Constitutional Court.

Chapter VI

Requirements and procedures for nomination to the People's Assembly and local governing bodies

Rule 39

The right to candidature for membership of the People's Assembly and local governing bodies shall enjoy the following conditions:

1. At least 10 years from the date of submission of the application for nomination, the nationality of the Syrian Arab Republic shall be excluded from this requirement of the granting of Syrian Arab nationality by Legislative Decree No. 49 of 7/4/2011.
2. To be 25 years old.
3. To be entitled to his civil and political rights.
4. Do not be deprived of the exercise of the right to vote.
5. Unbound by a criminal offence or a misdemeanor offence of public trust under a peremptory judgement, unless it is considered in accordance with the law, and the outrageous and public trust offences are determined by a decision of the Minister of Justice.
6. To be a voter in the electoral district for which he or she nominates, or to transport his electoral domicile to her.

Rule 40

a. Applications for membership of the People's Assembly and local governing bodies may be submitted by the political parties licensed in a collective or individual manner.

b. A candidate shall not be a member of any of the electoral commissions.

Rule 41

There shall be no nomination in more than one electoral district under the subject of the fact that the nomination and its consequences shall be declared null and void in all the Chambers.

Rule 42

1. The ministers have to nominate themselves to the People's Assembly as they continue to hold office.
2. Judges and all employees and workers from the State, its institutions and other public and joint sectors may nominate themselves for the election of the People's Assembly to be granted special leave without pay as long as they are nominated.

Rule 43

The permanent staff of the administrative unit shall not nominate themselves for membership in its local council.

Rule 44

1. The candidate for membership of the People's Assembly or members of the local governing bodies shall apply to the nominating committee in writing within seven days of the day following the date of publication of the decree containing the date of the election.
2. A candidate for membership of the People's Assembly or local governing bodies may withdraw his or her nomination before accepting his application before the nominating committee.
3. A candidate for membership of the People's Assembly or local governing bodies may withdraw his or her nomination after accepting his or her request to the subcommission for a minimum of seven days prior to the day of the election.

Rule 45

If the applicant is outside the Syrian Arab Republic or is unable to submit the application himself, the legal agent is entitled to submit or withdraw the application for the nomination, under a duly certified agency.

Rule 46

1. The applicant shall be entitled to object to the decision of the nomination committee before the subcommission within three days at the most beginning of the day following the date of the declaration of the names of the accepted names, or from the expiration date specified for the determination of the applications for nomination.
2. The SPT shall rule on an objection within three days at most from the date of submission of a decision concluded.

Rule 47

1. Each voter is entitled to challenge the validity of the nomination of others before the SPT within three days starting from the day following the date on which the names of the candidates are announced.
2. The subcommission shall decide on the appeal within three days at most of the date of submission of a decision concluded.

Chapter VII

The campaign.

Rule 48

The candidate for the presidential election after accepting a final nomination will have to broadcast the leaflets by announcing his candidacy, the statement of his plan, his goals, and everything related to his electoral programme.

Rule 49

The candidate for the election of the People's Assembly or local governing bodies after his final nomination has accepted the nomination will broadcast the announcement of his candidacy, the statement of his plan, his objectives and all of his electoral programme.

Rule 50

Candidates from individuals and political parties are obliged not to disturb their right to propaganda for their programmes with the following:

1. Non-appeal, defamation or incitement against other candidates or the inviolability of their own life
2. To preserve national unity and not to include any sectarian, sectarian, ethnic or tribal connotations.
3. Failure to include electoral propaganda contrary to public order or morals.
4. Do not paste, anchor, or display images, data and election releases outside of their designated places by the competent local authorities.

Rule 51

1. Any public servant shall treat all candidates and political parties equally and with full impartiality in order to ensure that the principle of equality of opportunity is achieved among them during the campaign period.
2. Each candidate or political party has full freedom to express an opinion and submit its electoral platform.

Rule 52

Electoral meetings are free, and no restrictions may be imposed on holding such meetings, provided that the Ministry of the Interior or any of its police units is notified of at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, with the obligation not to set up festivals or hold public meetings in places of worship or neighbourhood. Hospitals.

Rule 53

In any form, the use or use of public service or public money in the election campaign of the candidate shall be prohibited, and shall not interfere with the position of the State and local administration units at the disposal of candidates and political parties.

Rule 54

Candidates or political parties are prohibited from financing campaign activity in any amount of cash, in-kind assistance, donations, donations or assistance from an external or foreign source directly or indirectly under legal accountability.

Rule 55

Candidates or political parties may finance campaign activity from the following sources:

1. Financial contributions for candidates.
2. Financial support from parties.

Rule 56

The money allocated for campaign purposes is used in the following areas:

1. To develop the technical means and capabilities that enable the candidate or the political party to prepare and publish its electoral program.
2. Design, print and publish advertisements, posters, brochures and other means of campaign, and distribute them in all ways, including electronic media, print, video and audio media.
3. The remuneration and remuneration of persons accredited by the candidate or the political party for the implementation of campaign activity.
4. Rental of office and premises used for campaign purposes.
5. Costs for office tools, fuel, carts, transportation, media coverage and hospitality expenses for campaign purposes.

Rule 57

1. Each candidate for the presidential election shall submit a final account on the income and expenses of his election campaign to the Supreme Constitutional Court no later than thirty days from the date of the announcement of the final results of the election.
2. Each candidate or political party for the election of the People's Assembly shall submit a final account on the income and expenses of his election campaign to the Higher Committee no later than thirty days from the date of the announcement of the final results of the election.
3. The final account provided under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall reflect all funds used in the electoral campaign and its sources, with the fact that the account shall be audited by a chartered accountant for political parties.

Rule 58

The election propaganda stopped 24 hours before the date set for the election, and no one may be able to stop campaigning by itself or the mediation of others by distributing programs, publications or other means of campaigning.

Chapter VIII

Electoral process

Rule 59

1. The voter has the right to elect the President of the Syrian Arab Republic or the referendum at any electoral centre in the Syrian Arab Republic.
2. Voters exercise their right to the elections of the People's Assembly and the local governing bodies within the electoral district to which they are affiliated.
3. The chairs and members of the election centres shall exercise their electoral right in the Centre in which they are appointed, and the representatives of candidates who are present in this election centre shall be added by their personal cards to the table of the voters at the centre.
4. The voter is entitled to move his election home from one constituency to another within the governorate or from one governorate to another under any card, union identity or document granted by an official, a popular organization or a professional union to which the transfer student belongs, proving his stay in the electoral district required to move the home. To her, the document is highlighted to the Election Centre Commission.
5. A candidate who wishes to move his election home to at least two years has passed on his or her residence in the place where he wishes to move his election home to him.

Rule 60

At each election centre, a number of isolated places are allocated to the curtains to enable each voter to vote in full secrecy.

Rule 61

Before starting the electoral process, the Election Center committee will open the ballot boxes to the committee members and the candidates' agents to ensure that they are free of any paper and then close, and that any of them may be opened only when the counting of votes is started.

Rule 62

1. Credentials of accredited candidates shall be allowed in appropriate places at the election centre, and the Election Centre Commission must register their names and presence on the record, and be able to monitor the electoral process and record any observation or any objection made by any of them in respect of operations Election.
2. The candidate or his/her agent and the media have the right to monitor the electoral process and to attend the counting of votes.

Rule 63

It is the responsibility of the Chairman of the Election Centre Committee to maintain public order within the Centre and to use the internal security forces to achieve this.

Rule 64

1. The election begins at 7 a.m. on the morning of the election or referendum, and closes at 7 p.m. that day.
2. A decision may be extended by the High Electoral Commission to extend the election period for a maximum of five hours at all or some of the polling stations.

Rule 65

1. The Higher Committee is the specifications of the templates to be provided in the offices of the electoral districts and the committees of the election centres.
2. All the facts relating to the balloting processes in their different stages must be recorded in a detailed and accurate manner and signed by the relevant officials of the Committee.

Rule 66

Poll envelopes are poised on a single pattern, and one color, and are made of paper that does not show the contents of the ballot paper.

Rule 67

1. A voter shall exercise his or her right to vote or referendum by virtue of his or her personal card.
2. The Chairperson of the Election Centre Committee shall deliver an envelope signed by him and sealed with the ring of the Commission and then enter the secret chamber for the exercise of the right to vote.
3. The voter puts the ballot paper in the sealed envelope, whether the paper is printed or written and whether prepared in advance or written in the room mentioned, and then puts the envelope in the ballot box at the sight of the members of the election centre committee, agents and observers, and without the name of the voter in the election register. Center.

Chapter IX

Sort of votes

Rule 68

1. The Election Centre Commission shall begin after the completion of the ballot by publicly opening the ballot boxes, and counting the envelopes it contains at the same centre.
2. If the number of envelopes is found to increase or decrease the number of voters in that position by more than 2 %, and in a way that will affect the outcome of the final elections, the election in this centre shall be null and void the following day, and in this case the re-election is limited to Those who had already been invented.
3. If the increase is less than 2 %, two percent is damaged by this increase without access to its contents, and if the decrease is less than 2 % of the total number of voters, this shortage is not taken into account.

Rule 69

The envelopes are turned out and the ballot papers are extracted by the chairman of the committee in the presence of their members and from the candidates, their agents, or the media.

Rule 70

The ballot paper is valid for the election of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic in the following cases:

1. If you include the name of one candidate.
2. If you include the name of the candidate more than once, it counts only once.

Rule 71

The ballot paper is valid for the election of members of the People's Assembly and local governing bodies in the following cases:

1. A number of candidates shall be equal to the number of seats allocated to each of the two sectors according to the distribution specified under articles 2 2 and 24 of this Law.
2. If they include a number of candidates in excess of the number to be elected from each sector in the constituency, delete the increase from the latter, and are valid for the rest of the names.
3. If you include a number of candidates less than the number you want to be elected is correct for the names listed in them.
4. If you include the name of someone other than a candidate just delete his name.
5. If you include a candidate's name more than once, it counts once.
6. If a candidate's name is received in the non-sector, it counts if the ballot paper contains a number of candidate names that are short of the number required to be elected in the original candidate sector.

Rule 72

The ballot paper is invalid for any electoral process in the following cases:

1. If the envelope is not sealed with the ring of the Election Centre committee.
2. If found in the envelope more than an unmatched election paper.
3. If you include the name of the voter, or sign it, or any sign of a phenomenon known to it.

Rule 73

The ballot paper is white if it contains no reference that was in favor of any of the candidates.

Rule 74

The vote is being counted by the Election Centre Committee on an ongoing basis in the same centre and the results are publicly announced, and each committee shall be organized into a single copy containing, in particular, the names of the candidates, their respective votes and the decisions and actions taken by the Committee during the course of the process The election shall be immediately brought to the attention of the Subcommittee.

Rule 75

1. Upon receipt of the records of the committees, the SPT shall supervise the counting of the election results in all the polling stations in the presence of the candidates or their agents.
2. The Committee shall organize a gross record of the results on two originals, a copy of which shall be submitted to the High Judicial Committee and a second reservation to the prefecture.
3. The Supreme Judicial Committee shall submit a copy of the record to the Supreme Constitutional Court for the election of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic.
4. The Supreme Judicial Committee shall lift two copies of the transcript to the Supreme Constitutional Court and the People's Assembly and send a copy of the original record to the Ministry of the Interior for the elections of the People's Assembly.
5. The Supreme Judicial Committee shall send copies of the original record to the Ministries of the Interior and Local Administration for the elections of the local governing bodies.

Rule 76

If the Subcommittee decides to annul the election in one of the electoral centres, the election will be re-elected the following day in that centre unless the Committee decides to set another date, and the re-election is limited to those who have already voted in it, and in this case stops the announcement of the results of the election in the Chamber. Elections until the election process takes place again at that centre.

Rule 77

1. The candidates shall arrange all in their sector according to the number of valid votes obtained by each of them, and the first candidates from each sector shall be counted according to the number of seats allocated to it by the elected winners.
2. If two or more candidates for the last seats of each sector are given equal votes, they are granted one hour to exercise the right of withdrawal in favour of one, if not, the subcommission shall decide to draw lots between them in the presence of the candidates or their agents, and in the event that they do not attend or who represent them or Failure to attend or represent one of them shall be publicly drawn by the Committee and the outcome shall be established in the record.

Rule 78

Candidates are considered winners by acclamation in the elections of the People's Assembly or local governing bodies, if their number at the close of the nomination door or before the ballot is closed does not increase the number of seats allocated to any of the constituencies in the electoral district, and in this case the ballot shall not be held for the sector whose members have won by acclamation, and announce that to the voters before the date of the election.

Chapter X

Declaration and validity of results

Rule 79

1. The Supreme Judicial Committee lifts the results of the presidential election to the Supreme Constitutional Court.
2. If the final results include any candidate obtaining an absolute majority of the votes cast, the candidate will be counted as the winner of the post of President of the Syrian Arab Republic and announced by the President of the People's Assembly.
3. If the results include the fact that no candidate has obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast, the President of the Supreme Constitutional Court shall announce the re-election within two weeks between the two candidates who received the largest number of votes cast by the voters who cast their votes.
4. The candidate who receives the largest number of votes in the election of return is the winner of the post of President of the Syrian Arab Republic and the results are announced by the President of the People's Assembly.

Rule 80

1. The Supreme Judicial Committee shall declare the final election results for the membership of the People's Assembly.
2. The by-committees shall declare the final election results for the membership of the local governing bodies.

Rule 81

1. The President of the Syrian Arab Republic issues a decree naming the winners of the People's Assembly, the membership of the provincial councils or the cities of the provincial centres.
2. The Minister of Local Administration shall issue a decision to name the winners of the other local governing bodies.
3. The decrees and decisions referred to in the preceding two paragraphs shall be published in the Official Journal.

Rule 82

The Supreme Constitutional Court shall rule on appeals for the validity of the election of the President of the Republic as follows:

1. The appeal shall be submitted by the candidate who has not won the Tribunal within three days of the date of the announcement of the election results, and shall restrict the appeal in a special register.
2. The judgement of the Tribunal shall be issued within seven days of the expiry date of the appeal and its decision shall be concluded.

Rule 83

The Supreme Constitutional Court shall rule on appeals against the validity of the election of the members of the People's Assembly as follows:

1. The appeal is filed by the candidate who did not win the court within three days of the date of the announcement of the election results, and the appeal is restricted in a special register.
2. The judgement of the Tribunal shall be issued within seven days of the expiry date of the appeal and its decision shall be concluded.

Rule 84

The instruments for the designation of members of local governing bodies shall be challenged within five days of the date of publication as follows:

1. In front of the competent administrative courts for the members of the governorate councils and the cities of the governorates.
2. In the competent administrative courts for members of other local governing bodies.
3. The courts referred to in this article shall be separated in appeals promptly and no more than fifteen days from the date of application and the judgement is subject to appeal before the Supreme Administrative Court within five days of the date of its issuance.
4. The Supreme Administrative Court shall separate the appeals filed before it with respect to the election of the local governing bodies within fifteen days of the date in which it is under appeal and its decision shall be concluded.

Chapter XI

Vacancy cases

Rule 85

The position of President of the Syrian Arab Republic is vacant in one of the following cases:

1. Death.
2. Resign.
3. Loss of a filter condition.

Rule 86

The new presidential election shall take place in the event that the position of President of the Syrian Arab Republic is vacant in accordance with the provisions of the preceding article within a period of not more than ninety days after the vacancy

Rule 87

Membership of a member of the People's Assembly is vacant in one of the following cases:

1. Death.
2. Resign.
3. Loss of a nomination requirement under the Supreme Constitutional Court decision.
4. The membership is dropped according to the rules of procedure of the People's Assembly.

Rule 88

If the membership of a member of the People's Assembly is vacated in accordance with the provisions of the preceding article, the President of the Republic shall be informed of this by the President of the People's Assembly to elect a replacement within 60 days from the date of the vacancy, with the remaining term of the Council not less than six months.

Rule 89

If a member of the People's Assembly appeals for the oath of office, or if the Supreme Constitutional Court decides to invalidate his membership due to the challenge of his election, it is called the decree of the candidate following the last winner in his sector as a member of the Council.

Rule 90

The membership of a local governing body is vacant in one of the following cases:

1. Death.
2. Resign.
3. Loss of a filter condition.
4. Abolition of membership.

Rule 91

1. If a member of the local board of directors becomes vacant, the member whose membership is vacated by the following shall be replaced in the number of votes from his or her sector unless the competent authority sees the invitation to vote for a new member, not less than six months.
2. In the case of a member whose membership has been successful by acclamation, the competent authority shall invite voters to elect a new member within ninety days from the date of the vacancy, with the remaining term of the Council not less than six months.

Chapter XII

Popular referendum

Rule 92

The popular referendum process takes place on the basis of a decree issued by the President of the Syrian Arab Republic calling for a referendum, including the subject and date of the referendum.

Rule 93

In the issuance of the decree of the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Supreme Judicial Committee calls for a referendum to prepare, prepare and supervise the referendum and to declare its results.

Rule 94

The provisions relating to the rights and duties of the electors shall apply in accordance with the provisions of this Act on the two documents.

Rule 95

Taking into account the provisions of this Chapter, the provisions and procedures relating to elections contained in this Law shall be applied with respect to the referendum.

Rule 96

The question before the referendum is to have the confidence of the people if they vote in the absolute majority of the number of votes cast.

Rule 97

The result of the referendum shall be binding and effective from the date of its declaration and has higher authority than any other authority and may be repealed or amended only by another referendum.

Rule 98

The President of the Syrian Arab Republic publishes the referendum result.

Chapter XIII

Election of non-resident Syrians on Syrian territory

Rule 99

Every non-resident citizen of the Syrian territory is entitled to exercise his right to elect the President of the Syrian Arab Republic in Syrian embassies in accordance with the provisions of this law, provided that his name is contained in the electoral register, and that there is no legal impediment to exercising his right to vote.

Rule 100

The general provisions that apply to the election of Syrians residing in Syria and not in violation of the provisions of this chapter are applicable to the election of non-resident Syrians on Syrian territory.

Rule 101

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, through the mediation of Syrian embassies abroad, calls on the citizens to declare their desire to be elected abroad by registering their names in the embassy, which they choose with all the information required and related to their identity within a specific time limit.

Rule 102

The name is established in the electoral register and is organized after the expiry of the deadline for registration of independent electoral lists for each embassy in the names of those who have the legal requirements for election.

Rule 103

The election is held abroad ten days before the date of the election in Syria.

Rule 104

The election begins from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., depending on the local time of the city where the Embassy is located.

Rule 105

He invented the voter with his ordinary Syrian passport in effect, and the oppressed by stamping out of any Syrian border outlet.

Rule 106

Candidates for candidates may be present during election and screening procedures and the announcement of results in the section prepared for election to the Embassy centre.

Rule 107

Records and papers relating to the electoral process are sent to the relevant committees in Syria by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diaspora as soon as possible.

Chapter XIV

Sanctions

Rule 108

1. The penalty is punishable by a fine of 50,000 Syrian pounds to 100,000 Syrian pounds, and the removal of the damage, all those who paste the data, photos and electoral bulletins out of the places assigned to them.
2. The penalty shall be a penalty of 100,000 to 200,000 Syrian pounds if the announcement is made by writing on the walls and by removing the damage.

Rule 109

The penalty is punishable by fines from 25 thousand to 50,000 Syrian pounds.

1. He was appointed to be deprived of the right to vote or to be suspended from this right under the laws in force or under judicial rulings.
2. Who was invented in one election more than once.

Rule 110

shall be punishable by imprisonment from one month to one year, and with a fine of twenty-five thousand Syrian pounds to 50,000 Syrian pounds, each member of the polling stations assigned to receive, count or count the ballot papers, from which he illegally took papers, added to or corrupted them or read a name other than that. Restricted name.

Rule 111

punishable by imprisonment from one year to three years, and with a fine of 100,000 Syrian pounds to 200,000 Syrian pounds, anyone who broke into or tried to break into the polling station by force to prevent voters from choosing a candidate or force a voter by force or by threatening any means to change his mind, and to stress the penalty. To its maximum extent if it carries an apparent weapon or bunker.

Rule 112

1. shall be punished by imprisonment from one to three years and a fine from 50,000 Syrian pounds to 100,000 Syrian pounds, anyone who breaks the ballot box before the ballot papers are sorted, dispersed, taken or destroyed, or that the ballot papers are replaced or made any attempt to be made. Change or attempt to change the election result or vote security violation.
2. The penalty shall be increased to its maximum extent if the perpetrator is a person charged with membership of the electoral commissions or of those concerned, or of the internal security forces assigned to guard the election funds.

Rule 113

shall be punished by imprisonment from ten to three months, and with a fine of twenty-five thousand Syrian pounds to 50,000 Syrian pounds, everyone who has obtained or tried to obtain the vote of a voter or to abstain from voting for my money or by means of gifts, donations, cash or in kind, promised, or jobs. Public or private or other benefits intended to influence voting directly or indirectly.

Rule 114

punishable by imprisonment from three months to one year, and with a fine of 50,000 Syrian pounds to 100,000 Syrian pounds, each from collecting personal cards, taking, hiding, damaging or destroying any paper related to the electoral process or the outcome of the electoral process in any other way, in order to change the truth. The result of the election or the purpose of re-election.

Rule 115

Imprisonment shall be punishable by imprisonment from six months to one year and a fine equal to three times the amount financed by an external or foreign source, or by one of these penalties, in violation of the provisions of article 54 of this Law.

Rule 116

The penalties provided for in this Act shall not preclude the application of the most severe penalties provided for in the laws in force.

Rule 117

The initiation of offences set forth in this Act is a total offence.

Chapter XV

Final provisions

Rule 118

The membership of the People's Assembly, the Governor, the membership of the governing bodies, any function or work in the State, its institutions and other public and public sectors except for the Ministry, teaching in universities and researchers in research centres and membership of the executive offices of the Federation and the organizations may not be combined. People and trade union membership.

Rule 119

The term of office of the People's Assembly for employees of the State and its subordinate bodies is an actual service, provided that they perform the proceeds of retirement in accordance with the law, and this term is entered into the calculation of seniority and elevation, and the member of the People's Assembly, in this case, is by virtue of the staff member's judgement, outside the owners. Keep him his job or his job.

Rule 120

All papers and transactions resulting from the implementation of the provisions of this Act are exempt from all financial and judicial fees.

Rule 121

The Ministry of the Interior provides the necessary protection for the elections and the referendum.

Rule 122

The Ministries of Justice, Interior and Local Administration are taking what is necessary to work on the automation of elections throughout the Syrian Arab Republic and the adoption of the national figure.

Rule 123

1. The Ministry of the Interior believes in the requirements of electing the President of the Republic, the referendum and the elections of the People's Assembly. The Ministry of Local Administration believes in the requirements
2. Each of the ministries referred to in paragraph (a) counts a number of workers to work under the supervision of the electoral commissions for the duration of the electoral process.
3. The expenses and compensation required by any electoral process or referendum shall be excluded from the provisions of the laws and regulations in force and their amendments.

Rule 124

The award of remuneration and compensation due to the heads and members of the electoral commissions and their personnel shall be determined by decision of the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers.

Rule 125

1. Reservation of documents relating to the election of the President of the Republic throughout the constitutional jurisdiction of the Ministry
2. The documents relating to the elections of the People's Assembly and the local governing bodies shall be preserved throughout the election cycle in the governorate and are damaged after the election of the new councils.

Rule 126

The documents referred to in the preceding article consist of the following:

1. Filter order records and close octopus and filter requests with its attachments.
2. The polling station committees are attached to envelopes, ballot papers, electoral envelopes, objections and counting papers.
3. The subcommittees of the constituencies are brought together with the decisions taken by them.
4. Documents and decisions relating to the High Electoral Commission.

Rule 127

The Executive Instructions for this Law shall be issued by decision of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Rule 128

All texts contrary to the provisions of this Act are repealed or not in conformity with its content, in particular Legislative Decree No. 8 of 1973, Law No. 66 of 2006, Legislative Decree No. 101 of 2011 and Legislative Decree No. 125 of 2011.

Rule 129

This law is published in the Official Journal.

Damascus in 23-05-1435 Hjri approved for 2014-03-24 My birthday.

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