Registration body – the executive body of a village, town or city council, or the village head (if under the law a village council executive body has not been established) which maintains the registration of residence and the withdrawal from registration of residence of persons on the territory of the administrative unit covered by the authority of the village, town or city council. Article 6: Registration of residence A citizen of Ukraine, as well as a foreigner or a stateless person who is permanently or temporarily residing in Ukraine shall, within 30 days after the removal of the person’s residence record from the registry and arrival in a new place of residence, register place of residence. Parents or other legal representatives must register the residence of a new-born within three months of the date of the state registration of the new-born’s birth. Registration of residence is performed on the day of submission of documents by a person. Registration of residence at the request of a person can be done by a registration authority with the simultaneous removal of the previous residence record. For registration a person or his or her legal representative submits the following to the authority (including through a centre for providing administrative services): Written application; An identification document; children under 16 must submit their birth certificate. The information about the place of residence will be recorded in this document; Proof of payment of the administrative fee; Documents proving the person’s right to live in the housing or residence, or the person’s registration in a specialized social institution, social service or social protection institution, or military unit, the address of which is indicated during the registration; Military ID or certificate of military registration (for those citizens required to apply to the military register). Article 6.1: Peculiarities of the residence registration for homeless people Homeless people and others who have no permanent place of residence are registered at the address of a specialized social institution, social service and/or social protection institution established by a local self-government. Submission of an application for the registration or withdrawal of registration of the residence of such persons in the manner and terms established by this Law is assigned to the appropriate specialized social institution, social service and/or social security institution where these persons reside. Article 9.1: Reasons for refusal of registration or withdrawal of registration of residence The registration authority refuses to register or to remove the registration of a residence record if: a person has not submitted the required necessary documents or information prescribed by this law; the submitted documents contain false information or the submitted documents are invalid; a person applying for registration is under 14 years of age. The decision to refuse shall be delivered on the day of the application’s submission. The submitted application shall be returned to the person along with an indication of the reasons for the rejection. 49