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Article 48
 
1. A ward electoral commission shall be appointed from electors, with regard to the provisions of Article 49, no later than on the 21st day before polling day, by the executive committee of the relevant commune.
2. The ward electoral commission shall be composed of :
 
1) 6 to 10 persons from among those designated by agents of election committees or by persons authorised by them;
2) one person designated by the head of a commune (mayor, president of town):
a) for polling wards referred to in Article 29, this shall be a person designated from amongst the local-government employees of the commune or their subordinate units;
b) for polling wards established in hospitals and social welfare institutions this shall be a person designated from amongst employees of those hospitals or institutions;
c) for polling wards established in penal institutions and arrests, it shall be a person designated from amongst employees of those institutions or arrests.
 
3) The candidates referred to in paragraph 2 above shall be persons that are included in the permanent register of voters of the given commune.
4) The agent or person authorised by him has the right to nominate for each of the commissions only one candidate, referred to in Article 21, paragraph 1. The submission of a candidacy shall be realised up to the 30th day before the polling day.
5) Should the number of candidates nominated exceed 10 persons, the composition of the commission will be decided by drawing lots, carried out publicly by the board of a commune.
 
3. Should the number of candidates, nominated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 be fewer than 6 persons, the vacancy in the commission shall be filled to the minimal number, referred to in paragraph 2, subparagraph 1, by the board of a commune from amongst voters that are included in the permanent register of voters for a given commune.
4. The first meeting of the commission shall be organised by the head of of a commune (mayor, president of town).
5. The commission shall elect, at its first meeting, a chairperson and a deputy chair. The composition of the ward electoral commissions shall be promptly published in a customary manner.
6. deleted (the Act of 23rd January 2003)
7. deleted (the Act of 23rd January 2003)
8. The Minister responsible for public administration shall, on the motion of the National Electoral Commission establish, by ordinance, the method of submitting candidates to the ward electoral commissions, specimens of such submission and shall specify the rules for creation of ward electoral commissions, including the method of drawing lots.