Elections for representatives shall be held not later than 30 days before the expiration of the tenure of representatives whose mandate is expiring.
The tenure of representatives whose mandate is expiring shall end on the day of verification of the mandates of newly elected representatives.
Verification of the mandates of representatives shall be carried out on the basis of both the certificate on the election of the representative and of the report of the Republic Electoral Commission on the completion of elections, within 30 days starting from the day of holding of the elections.
At the constitutive session of the National Assembly of Republic of Serbia, a three-member commission shall be formed in order to ascertain the accordance of certificates on the election for representatives with the report of the Republic Electoral Commission.
Based on the report of the commission as described in paragraph 4 of this Article, a person which holds the presidency of the constitutive session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia shall note that the Republic Electoral Commission has submitted the report on the elections being held, as well as which certificates on the elections of representatives are in accordance with the above stated report, by what the mandate of newly elected representatives shall be confirmed.
