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Article 14
 

 The Day of the Elections

(1) The President of the Republic shall call the elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic no later than ninety days before the elections are held. The call of the elections shall be published in 'Sb¡rka z kon…', a collection of laws. The day on which the decision to call the elections is published in the 'Sb¡rka z kon…', the collection of laws, shall be considered to be the day on which the elections were called.

(2) Two days shall be dedicated to the elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic. On the first election day, polling stations shall open at 14:00 hours and close at 22:00 hours. On the second election day, polling stations shall open at 07:00 hours and close at 14:00 hours. Should it be necessary for reasons of particular local circumstances, the Mayor of the Municipality in question may modify the polling hours, and decide that the polling station open as early as 12:00 hours on the first election day, and 05:00 hours on the second election day.