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Article 46
 

46.1. The following responsibilities correspond to the Secretary of the General Council.


a) To assist the General Council and its president in the exercise of their responsibilities;


b) To prepare the agenda of the sessions of the General Council, to declare the existence of a quorum, to attest to the proceedings that took place during the sessions, to prepare the corresponding minutes and to submit them for the approval of the attending councilors and representatives;


c) To inform about the compliance with the General Council agreements;


d) To inform about the draft opinions of the commissions;


e) To receive and try the administrative appeals lodged against the acts or decisions of the local bodies of the Institute and to prepare the corresponding project;


f) To receive and to process, according to the law on the matter, the challenges filed against the acts or decisions of the General Council, informing it about this in the next session;


g) To inform the General Council about the rulings issued by the Electoral Tribunal concerning its field of responsibility;


h) To be in charge of the archive of the General Council;


i) To issue the documents which certify the legal capacity of the Councilors and representatives of the political parties;


j) To sign, together with the President of the General Council, all the agreements and decisions issued by the General Council;


k) To provide what is necessary to publish the agreements and decisions issued by the General Council;


l) To integrate the f les with the count certi f cates from the states in the election of senators by the principle of proportional representation and to present them to the General Council in a timely manner;


m) To integrate the f les with the count certificates from the multi-member regional districts in the election of representatives by the principle of proportional representation and to present them to the General Council in a timely manner;


n) To inform the General Council about the reports about the elections it receives from the local and district councils and from the Local Public Bodies;


ñ) To receive, for information and electoral statistics purposes, copies of the f les from all elections;


o) To comply with the instructions of the President of the General Council and to assist him in his duties, and


p) The other responsibilities set out in this Law, by the General Council and by its president.