1. The Constituency Electoral Commission shall be composed of 7 to 11 judges, and ex officio, as its chairperson, the Electoral Commissioner, appointed pursuant to separate provisions. A retired judge, no older than 70, may be also appointed to the commission.
2. The judges shall be designated by the Minister of Justice, no later than the 52nd day before the polling day, in the number agreed with the National Electoral Commission.
3. The National Electoral Commission shall appoint constituency electoral commissions no later than the 48th day before Polling Day.
4. If the Electoral Commissioner is unable to perform the office of a chairperson of the commission, the commission shall itself elect its chairperson from amongst its own members. In such a case the Minister of Justice shall designate one more judge to the commission.
5. The first meeting of the commission shall be organised by the head of the local unit of the National Elector Office, authorised by the National Electoral Commission.
6. The commission shall elect, at its first meeting, two deputy chairs. The head of the locally appropriate unit of the National Electoral Office or a person designated by him shall be appointed as a secretary. The secretary shall participate in the activities of the commission in an advisory capacity.
7. The composition of Constituency Electoral Commissions shall be promptly published in a customary manner.
8. Services and technical-administrative provision for constituency electoral commissions shall be ensured by the National Electoral Office.
