Where, in case of an election to Spanish Parliament or to Legislative Assemblies of Self-Governing Communities, the Prime Minister (Presidente del Gobierno) or the President of the respective regional Government makes use of his prerogative of early dissolution as explicitly contemplated by the law, the ensuing election Decree shall be published on the day following issue thereof in the Official State Gazette or in the Official Gazette of the respective Self-Governing Community. It shall come into force on the very day of publication and appoint the date of the election, which is to be held between the fifty fourth and the sixtieth days from the date of publication.
Where, in case of a general parliamentary election or an election to Legislative Assemblies of Self-Governing Communities the Prime Minister of the President of the respective regional Government does not make use of his prerogative of early dissolution as explicitly contemplated by the law, the election Decree shall be issued on the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly concerned and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette or, as the case may be, in the Self-Governing Community’s Official Gazette. It shall come into force on the very day of publication and appoint the election day, which shall be between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication.
Where, in case of local government elections or elections to Legislative Assemblies of Self-Governing Communities, the President of the regional Government does not have a prerogative of early dissolution explicitly granted by the law, election Decrees shall be issued not earlier than the fifty-fourth nor later than the sixtieth day before the fourth Sunday of the current year and published in the Official State Gazette or, as the case may be, in the Self-Governing Community’s Official Gazette. They shall come into force on the very day of publication and the elections shall be held on the fourth Sunday of May of same year. The term of councils or assemblies so elected shall be four years and expire, in every case, on the day before the following elections are to be held.
SECT. 42 AS AMENDED BY SECT.5 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991, OF MARCH 13 1. AS AMENDED BY SECT.1.1 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 13/1994, OF MARCH 30 2. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 1.2 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 13/1994,OF MARCH 30 3. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 1.3. OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 13/1994, OF MARCH 30
