(1) The composition of an election commission shall be multiethnic, reflecting representation of the constituent peoples including the others, in the electoral unit for which the competent election management body is established, bearing in mind the most recent national Census Composition of an election commission shall reflect gender representation in line with the Law on gender equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, unless election commission has three members, when gender representation exists in case when one of the genders is represented with 1/3 of the total number of members.

(2) If the election commission is not composed in accordance with the previous paragraph, the Central Election Commission of BiH shall annul the appointment of the members and inform the appointing body. The appointing body shall within 15 days of the decision of the Central Election Commission of BiH reappoint the body in compliance with the criteria established in paragraph (1) of this Article.

(3) If the election commission or Polling Station Committee is not properly constituted again, the Central Election Commission of BiH shall appoint the members of the election commission or Polling Station Committee in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article.