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Article 48
 
Section 48
New elections
(1) (1) Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall proclaim new elections if:
a)   a)   for any reasons in some municipality an election has not been conducted in compliance with the present law,
b)  b)  the Constitutional Court has proclaimed the election invalid or has repealed the result of the election returns,
c)   c)   the candidates for an office of the Mayor of the municipality have obtained equal number of votes,
d)  d)  a mandate in the Municipal (City) Council has been vacated and there is no substitute to it (section 51 paragraph 1), or an office of the Mayor of the municipality has been vacated.
e)   e)   a new municipality has been constituted 5b)
(2) (2) Upon the occurrence of the facts referred to in paragraph 1a) the Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall proclaim a new election within 14 days after the publication of the election returns by the Central Election Commission.
(3) (3) If a new municipality has been constituted during the electoral term5b) , new elections of the Municipal (City) Council and of the Mayor of the municipality shall be held. The duties of a municipality or of the Mayor of the municipality under the present law shall be fulfilled for the purposes of a newly constituted municipality or for newly constituted municipalities by the Municipal (City) Council of the municipality which has been split, or by the Municipal (City) Council of municipalities which have merged.
(4) (4) Applications for the proclamation of the new local elections are pursuant to paragraph 1d) submitted by municipalities to the Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic by mediation of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic.
(5) (5) The provisions on time allowances shall be applied as appropriate.
(6) (6) New elections shall not be  proclaimed during the last six months of the term of office 5c) of local authorities.