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Article 94
 

For the elections of the members of the Chamber of Representatives, a central electoral committee is established in the chef-lieu of each electoral constituency. The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency of Brussels is presided conjointly by the chairman of the francophonic court of first instance and the chairman of the Dutch court of first instance. For the electoral constituency of Brussels the “chairman of the principal electoral committee”, the “chairman of the central electoral committees mentioned in article 94” and “chairman of the principal office” are understood as “the chairman of the francophonic court of first instance and the chairman of the Dutch court of first instance”.


The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency shall be constituted no later than 27 days before the elections. It shall be chaired by the chairman of the court of first instance in the chef-lieu or a magistrate who replaces him.


In the electoral constituencies where there is no court of first instance, the justice of the peace of the chef-lieu shall chair the central electoral committee or one of his deputies following the priority.


The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency consists of the chairman, four assessors, four deputy assessors appointed by the chairman among the voters of the chef-lieu of an electoral constituency, and a secretary appointed according to the prescription given in article 100.


The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency is exclusively in charge of the accomplishment of the preliminary operations of the vote and of those of the general tallying of the votes.


The chairman supervises all of the operations taking place in the electoral constituency and orders the appropriate emergency measures if necessary.