1. Except when otherwise provided by law, resources of central or local public bodies or entities, or of any other entity where the state holds capital or shares or/and appoints the majority of the supervisory or administrative body of the entity, regardless of the source of the capital or ownership, may not be used or made available to support candidates, political parties or coalitions in elections.

2. For purposes of this article, current and fixed assets provided for in article 142 of the Civil Code, as well as any human resources of the institution, shall be considered as “resources”. Use of "human resources" shall mean the obligatory use for electoral purposes of the institution's administration within the work hours, as well as the obligatory and organized use of students of the pre-university system within the lesson hours, in the electoral campaign.

3. During the electoral campaign, the recruitment, dismissal, release, movement or transfer in duty in public institutions or entities is prohibited, except for legally-justified cases. Legally-justified cases shall refer to cases when movement or release from duty occurs when the respective legislation is violated, or when recruitment by the public institution or entity, in fulfilling their mission, is carried out within the organisation’s staffing and structure in force before the electoral campaign. This does not apply to cases of emergencies arising from unanticipated events, which dictate recruitment.