1. The date of the elections for the Assembly is set by a decree of the President of the Republic according to the rules provided in article 65 of the Constitution. Elections for the Assembly are to be conducted on one of the last two Sundays within the electoral period determined in article 8 of this Code, and in any case no later than 30 days before the expiry date of the Assembly’s mandate. In case the mandate of the Assembly ends earlier than 30 days from the beginning of the electoral period, elections are to be conducted in the preceding electoral period. For purposes of this Code, the mandate of the Assembly expires on the same date of the same month of the fourth year after the date of its first meeting.
2. The President of the Republic decrees the date of the elections for the Assembly no later than 9 months before the expiry of the Assembly’s mandate. Upon the decision of the Assembly, the closing of the legislative session or the legislature’s dissolution are to take place no sooner than 45 days before the date set for the elections and no later than 30 days prior to this date.
3. Pursuant to point 5 of article 87 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic decrees the date of the elections no later than 24 hours after the dissolution of the Assembly. The elections are to be conducted no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the dissolution of the Assembly. When the Assembly fails to elect a new President, the date of the dissolution of the Assembly is the date of the fifth voting pursuant to point 5 of article 87 of the Constitution.
4. Pursuant to point 4 of article 96 of the Constitution, when the Assembly fails to elect a new Prime Minister, no later than 24 hours after the vote provided in point 3 of the same article, the President of the Republic decrees the dissolution of the Assembly and sets the election date. The elections are to be conducted no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the dissolution of the Assembly.
5. Pursuant to point 2 of article 104 of the Constitution, the elections are to be conducted no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the dissolution of the
Assembly.
6. When the Assembly dissolves itself for reasons other than those mentioned in points 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this article, the President of the Republic sets the election date no later than 24 hours after the dissolution of the Assembly. The Assembly is dissolved on the day it votes to dissolve itself. The elections are to be conducted no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the dissolution of the Assembly.
