Judiciary District Electoral Commissions (Juntas Electorales de Zona)

1. Judiciary District Electoral Commissions shall consist of:

a )Three members, appointed by lot among first-instance civil or criminal investigation judges by the Inner Administration Chamber (Sala de Gobierno) of the corresponding High Court of Justice. Where there are not enough judges in the relevant judicial district, Judges of the Peace of said district shall be appointed instead, also by lot.

b) Two members among Law, Political Science and Social Science graduates residing in the judiciary district. Their appointment shall take place on the official announcement of candidates, to which end the representatives of candidates standing for the respective constituency shall jointly nominate the persons who are to discharge this function. If no such nomination has been put forward before the beginning of the election campaign, the Provincial Electoral Commission shall make the appointment.

2. Members referred to in subsection 1, paragraph 1a), of this Section shall choose among themselves the Chairman of the Judiciary District Commission.

3. The Clerk of the corresponding civil First Instance Court or, when there is more than one such Court, the Clerk of the Senior Court shall act as Secretary of the Judiciary District Electoral Commission.

4. Secretaries of city councils shall be the delegates of Judiciary District Electoral Commissions and act under direct subordination to them.

 1.B) AS AMENDED BY SECT. 7 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991, OF MARCH 13