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1. During the electoral period, it is prohibited to parliamentary candidates:
a. To display on outdoor, public or private spaces, and in any form of self-propelled means, air panels, panels, mega posters, posters, photographs and any other type of promotional material or to install temporary devices of any kind for their personal promotion, and to use paint and write slogans in any outdoor space. Mayors and community presidents have the obligation to immediately demolish the panels, remove mega posters, posters and photographs etc., dismantle temporary structures and clear the paint in the outdoor spaces. Violation of the above obligation, if a written notice has been given by the Local Commission for the Control of Electoral Violations of article 21 paragraph 9 of this law, shall bring the penalties of article 27 paragraph 4 of this law.
b. To circulate any form of inserts in the press.
c. To broadcast advertising messages through public and private radio and television stations with free broadcast or through providers of subscription-based radio and television services. It is also prohibited to transmit, through public and private radio and television stations with free broadcast and providers of subscription-based radio and television services, any broadcast presented directly or indirectly by parliamentary candidates.
d. To circulate electoral materials for candidates through the state, public companies and state private companies.
e. i) To operate electoral centres by candidates or by third parties for candidates. ii) The notion of electoral centre does not include the political offices of parliamentary candidates, if not installed at the ground floor. Political offices of parliamentary candidates are exempted from the interdiction of installation at the ground floor if such offices have been in operation continuously since 31 December 2000 until the date of the elections. iii) For parliamentary candidates, during the electoral period, the allowed number of political offices, regardless of location, may not exceed three (3). iv) For political offices, the limitations of case a) of this paragraph shall apply, and the interdiction to use megaphone installations, with the exception of a sign with the necessary data of the parliamentary candidate. v) The transfer of use or rental of outdoor or covered areas, from and to third parties, for the operation of election centres and clubs of any kind in connection with the promotion of the parliamentary candidacy, constitutes a criminal offence for the owners of the properties, the lessors and lessees, and shall be punished with at least one year imprisonment.
2. The appearances of parliamentary candidates in any kind of broadcast of public or private radio or television stations with free broadcast and providers of any kind of subscription-based television services, under any form, are allowed as follows: a) The parliamentary candidate is allowed to appear only once at each radio or television with national broadcast during the electoral period. b) The parliamentary candidate is allowed to appear up to twice at each radio or television with regional or local broadcast during the electoral period. c. For the purposes of this paragraph, appearances are considered to include personal interviews of candidates, their participation in organised discussions, including those related to the news journals, and the coverage, upon request from the parliamentary candidate, of their electoral activities.
3. Presidents and leaders of parties and territory parliamentary candidates are exempted from the above limitations.