Constitution of Local Councils

1. Local Councils (Corporaciones municipales) are to be constituted at a public sitting on the twentieth day following the polling date, unless an electoral petition has been filed against proclamation of elected councillors, in which case they shall be constituted on the fortieth day following said date.

2. To this end a provisional Bureau is to be set up, consisting of the oldest and the youngest councillors present at the sitting, with the Council’s Secretary acting as clerk to the Bureau. 

3. The Bureau shall check the credentials or identity accreditations of persons elected against the certificates received by the council from the Judiciary District Electoral Commission. 

4. At the end of the operation referred to above, the Bureau shall declare the council duly constituted, provided the absolute majority of councillors is present at the sitting. Failing this a new sitting must be convened for two days later, at which the council shall be deemed to be constituted whatever the number of councillors present.