Powers of Azerbaijani Central Election Commission extended following presidential decree

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a Decree amending the "List of officials entitled to draw up a protocol on cases of administrative offenses considered by district (city) courts", approved by Presidential Decree No. 1361 of May 3, 2017, Trend reports.
According to the Decree, section 5-1 is added to the mentioned document.
The section reads "Protocol on cases of administrative offenses envisaged by Article 179-1 of the Criminal Code will be implemented by Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan".
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