Constitution of the elections authorities, inauguration of the assistant and their substitute

(1) The elections authorities appointed by their chairperson have to hold their constitutional meeting within twenty one days after the set qualifying date.

(2) At this meeting the assistant and their substitute have to pledge with a handshake with the chairperson as to their impartiality and conscientious fulfilment of their duties. The same agreement has to be made by the assistant and substitute appointed to the elections authorities after the constitutional meeting of the elections authorities.

(3) The ward elections authorities in the City of Vienna and other cities with a population exceeding 20 000 inhabitants can hold their constitutional meeting later. The same applies to elections authorities, whose setting-up can only be done later, for one of the reasons introduced in § 14, para 4.