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Article 9
 

Central Electoral Commission (Junta Electoral Central)


1. The Central Electoral Commission is a permanent body consisting of:


a) Eight judges of the Supreme Court, designated by lot by the General Judiciary Council.


b) Five University professors of Law, Political Science or Social Science (Sociología) in active service, appointed on a joint proposal by parties, federations, coalitions or electors’ groups represented in the House of Congress.


2. Appointments referred to in the preceding subsection shall be made in the ninety days following the constituent meeting of the Congress of Deputies. Where there has been no such proposal for persons referred to in paragraph a) within said time limit, the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies, after having heard the political groups of the House, shall designate those persons, taking into account the proportional representation of said groups in Congress.



3. Members so designated shall be appointed by Royal Decree and remain in office until the inauguration of the new Central Electoral Commission at the beginning of the next Parliament.



4. Members shall in turn choose from those belonging to the judicial sector the President and the Vicepresident of the Commission at the constituent meeting thereof, which shall be duly convened by the Secretary.


5. The Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission shall exclusively perform the Electoral Commission’s functions from the call of the electoral process until the proclamation of duly elected candidates and, should the case arise, until the execution of judgments on election petitions, including human rights petitions contemplated in Sect. 114.2 of this Act, in connection with said electoral process. The General Judiciary Council shall take the necessary measures to this end.



6. The Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission shall be the Secretary-General of the Congress of Deputies.
 1.B) AS AMENDED BY SECT.1 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991, OF MARCH 13
 5 AS AMENDED BY SECT.3 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991, OF MARCH 13
 6. RENUMBERED BY SECT. 3 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991. FORMER SUBS. 5